I am probably not feeling rational right now so would be really grateful for any thoughts.
I have enrolled by 7 y.o. DD into a private school to start in September. So if I pull out now I will have to pay 1st term's fees anyway. Yet this seems a lesser evil compared to paying these fees for the nest 4 years (the school goes until 11). I will probably earn a reputation of a total wacko parent at this school too.
I really wanted to send DD private from Year 3 - so that she is prepared her grammar or senior school exams (which are crazy competitive in our area). But the nearer it gets the more I feel worried about my job, about the fact that school fees are covered by my earnings only and I already have an older child in a prep school. So I will need this job for the next 4 years at least. I also usually get some freelance income (which used to cover most of the other child's school fees) but June was really quiet and now I am nervous that something can go wrong here as most of it comes from just one client.
In light of the above her state school option doesn't seem so bad after all, her friends go there and it is quite lovely - even though previously I was determined not to send her there as I wasn't very happy with the academic outcome of my older child who went through the same school (hence he was moved to private eventually).
What the hell do I do???
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brandis · 30/06/2014 11:59
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