ScotsQuine

I was 22 and married before I finally went to college! There was a great mixture of ages in my 'Mature Adults' classes, 16 Year olds straight from high school through to 40-60 year olds who were either retraining or just educating themselves with new skills. You are the best judge when it comes to your children Jordan99, follow your gut instinct!

Check out wow careers, Masters Home Improvements were looking for forklift drivers at their Baldivis store. Not sure if positions are filled or not? They don't worry about accents, they have lots of different nationalities working in their stores!

I found this on the Moving Back to UK page... http://www.pomsinoz.com/forum/moving-back-uk/220325-shipping-car.html

We hadn't yearned, nor planned to leave Scotland. My oh simply came home one day in 2001 and said that his company wanted to transfer him to Houston, 4 weeks later we were all on our way to Texas! 10 years after that move, and after living in another 2 countries we ended up here in Australia! Will it be forever? Who knows...

I refer to it as the UK, but I also say that I am Scottish, not British :wink:

Singapore at number 3? For the local schools this doesn't surprise me. For the majority of the Singaporean kids, they have to live and breathe schoolwork and their extra curriculum activities, it is drummed into them from pre-K! Some of the international schools in Singapore have an entrance exam, which will result in only the high achievers gaining entry. There is also another one of the international schools there that no longer accept children who need extra help in class. And those existing pupils with any special needs are exempt from taking part in exams because it lowers their overall school results. Not all results are as clear as some would like...

So very true! My Bil told us that he was too busy when we tried to arrange an evening meal in a convenient restaurant for all the extended families, he relented and came eventually! lol

We were very luckily to be entitled to free flights back to the UK annually through my OHs company, but even so we have only been back to visit family in Scotland once in the last 10 years! We gave the mil the option to use our free flights to fly over to visit us when we lived in Asia, we were told it's too far to travel, can't you just visit us? She was only 58 years old and in great health! Both my parents passed on many years ago, so like another poster, going back to Scotland doesn't conjure up lots of excitement for me. We practically had to drag our son onto the plane, he had no interest in visiting the UK at all. Our daughter who initially was full of excitement to visit the in-laws and friends, then asked if we could change our flights so we could 'Go home' 6 days early! My oh and I would rather spend the money and annual leave visiting other countries, seeing new sights and having a relaxing holiday which doesn't involve driving from one relatives house to another and sitting inside doing nothing but drink endless cups of tea haha

Yes, Ventolin inhalers can be purchased over the counter here in Perth, our local chemists vary from $6.40 - $9.60 for one. You do need a prescription for a preventative though, I was $39.30 for my husbands one yesterday. As mentioned above it really does depend on what triggers your sons asthma? My husband hasn't found much difference to his asthma here compared to the other 4 countries we have lived in. But on the other hand, our 21 year old sons asthma is triggered by the cold weather, and he has to use his reliever a lot during winter here even with using his preventative twice a day? Guess what I'm time trying to say is that it might make no difference to him, or it might. Everyone is different...

My dad always told us to make sure you leave enough money in your bank account to pay for your own funeral, and spend and enjoy the rest of it while you are alive! edited to add that he died debt free and happy

Be aware that not all IB schools cover the same subjects, I had a friend struggle to find an IB school in Houston (2007) that included geography! I found this IB site invaluable when we were moving countries http://www.ibo.org/school/search/index.cfm?programmes=&country=GB&region=&find_schools=Find