Comments on: Living with Kids in BA — It’s Not Easy

By: Michele

Michele — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:43:44 +0000

Yah, we’re kind of afraid that all of the expat parents in the school are going to start asking to do the same thing and then they’re going to get mad at us and not let us do it anymore. Of course, the downside is that the kids are in school all day, so perhaps there is no bad option there…haha.

By: melissa s.

melissa s. — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 05:52:12 +0000

hey! you’re worldschooling, yay! where have i been???

do you think your current academic institution would agree (or find it at all funny) if we moved there and asked to do the same exact thing??? i could say “but you let micheeeeeeeeeeele do it” in my whiniest american voice!

By: Angela

Angela — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 23:48:33 +0000

hi michele! thanks for blogging. i really enjoy reading about your experiences and appreciate the humor in your writing. we are also a family from the PNW (Seattle) who has moved out here to BA. we have been here for about 6 months now! i wanted to ask you if you could email me offline about the “worldschooling” as we have a similar setup with our local private school. however, i am doing a little research on how much of a discount your school was willing to give you, if you don’t mind my asking?

on another note, i would love to meet you sometime! i am chinese american and can speak mandarin too.

warmly,
angela

By: Janine Thomas

Janine Thomas — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 18:11:08 +0000

Hi:

I live in Vancouver, BC and have 2 kids – Grade 7 and Grade 9 and are thinking of perhaps moving to BA or somewhere else – I found your comments very interesting and want to pass onto you a website, just in case you are from BC. I don’t think it will work for you if you are from the US side, but there is likely an equivalent. http://www.gvdes.com – for online courses – my son has just started it, half way through Grade 9 and loves it. Might work for your afternoons. Keep posting!

By: Michele

Michele — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 20:22:33 +0000

One of the drawbacks of moving around as much as we have is that we cannot really garden very effectively. Boy have I been tempted though. Unfortunately, we are going to move again in the beginning of April…sigh. I think the bottom line is that spice, herbs, and veggies are just a very low priority. For instance, we had an asado a while back and I brined the chicken breasts and put a cumin/lemon/garlic/olive oil moist rub on them. The Argentines in attendance thought I was crazy! They enjoyed it, but the thought of putting even salt and pepper on the meat before grilling was sacrilege!

By: Sara King

Sara King — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 19:56:45 +0000

You know what I noticed in BA? No one has patio or terrace gardens. It would be so easy to grow herbs and tomatoes (I would think), but I never saw it. Have you thought about growing your own on the terrace (if you have one now)? I’ll send you seeds if you need them!

I totally expected to see them in BA. When I was living and traveling in Europe, it is not uncommon to see makeshift gardens everywhere.

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Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:44:34 +0000

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