Re:U.S. house prices are rising exponentially faster than in...
by brongondwana on Saturday October 30, 2021 @08:51AM
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Interesting... I gotta get back to Prague, it has been as couple of years now!
Do you have children of your own in the school system? I found that my expectations didn't always match the reality either in Australia or in Norway when it came down to actual experience for my kids.
Myself, I grew up in a remote area and was home schooled, and then for the final years of high school I went to the closest school, about 90 min drive away, so I lived in a lodging by myself during the week from age 16.
Re:U.S. house prices are rising exponentially faster than in...
by jhgb on Saturday October 30, 2021 @08:56AM
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I don't have children, so I can't comment on the situation today. But it doesn't seem to have changed much in terms of organization.
BTW the fact that districts limiting attendance don't exist means that you don't have to change a school if your parents move, which happened to me at least once. Or, that your parents are prevented from moving if you want to keep your school.
Re:U.S. house prices are rising exponentially faster than in...
by brongondwana on Saturday October 30, 2021 @08:59AM
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Australia is pretty good about allowing continuity once you're settled into a school if your parents move, so long as you didn't just move into the district for a few months to get into a school.
It depends on which school you like. In case of high schools, if you choose a vocational high school (which teaches a specific craft or a group of crafts), as opposed to a gymnasium (a school that prepares you for further university studies), it also depends on your intended future profession.
> Presumably there are limits on how many places are at each school
That's what standardized entrance exams sort out.
> and you need some way to make sure that a child doesn't wind up with the only place left for them being on the other side of a city - so you'd have some degree of locality.
We have good public transport that was free for schoolchildren (and for high school students was very affordable), so this wasn't a problem for me even if my school was on the other side of town.