Phew!
Been AWOL all afternoon, trying to deal with the Brum accommodation fun…not helped by the system having issues and DD’s DSA recommendations (en suite) not reaching student services.
After a couple of long holds waiting to talk to someone, and a not-very-helpful conversation with someone in disability support, DD has been allocated a room in the Vale, but we won’t know where until she gets an email over the weekend.
Thanks again for everyone’s words of wisdom about other people’s opinions about education/parenting choices, and especially for sharing your stories, Fruity and Crazy.
My twin and I did the entrance exams and audition for SWP. I was given a scholarship but my sister wasn’t, so my parents decided not to send either of us, feeling that they needed to treat both of us the same; the result was that my sister, who was much more sassy than me and much less academically motivated than me, loved our local comp, whereas I was bullied for being a music geek.
It made me resolve to send our DCs to the schools that best met their needs, whether that was state or private.
cinnamon, Monkey is spot on - WNO do a lot of excellent youth and community projects. They offer free tickets for dress rehearsals and cheap student tickets for students, as does BBC NOW.
I think I said it when your DD was first trying to decide between Southampton and Cardiff, but Cardiff has so much music going on, I’m sure she’ll find lots to get involved with as well as lots of concerts and gigs to go to.
The boy in DD’s year, who had places at the London conservatoires for singing but turned them down because his (recent) GF is at Cardiff Uni, is now going to Cardiff for music - he’s lovely and extremely talented. 😀