Just been to a German parents evening and seriously thinking of throwing myself under a tram, only Id have to travel into Munich to do it....

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unrelenting doom and gloom all round.

ds messed up some bit of work about a knight and jousting. I had to point out to his teacher that he doenst know what knights and jousting are in english, let alone deutsch. She had blithely assumed that all children would know about the useless sporting activities of the upper classes 600 years ago.

why cant they do SCIENCE in the primary schools here????? which ds is actually interested in

Apparently dd has gar keine Chance of getting into the gymnasium.

arghhh yes I remember how expensive it is before you figure out where to get stuff cheaply.

The best deals on loads of things are at Aldi, but they come up only once a year. So it really pays to keep an eye on them.

Got great toys for DS at Aldi this week. I had tears in my eyes when I had to lie that "mummy and daddy are buying them for someone else" because his precious little face was so forlorn. Still, come Christmas he'll get them!