The Learning Guide Magazine

Which school is the best for your child?

Educating one%u2019s child is one of the most important decisions a parent can make. But in taking this decision one of the basic questions that many parents struggle with is %u201CWhich school is the best for my child?%u201D This is followed by a much more important question, %u201CAt which school will my child be happiest?%u201D The answer is very ambiguous and depends on your requirements, which to a large extent are adult benchmarks. Sending a child off to private school is a tremendous step. Your child needs to understand that enormous opportunity your decision entails.

He/she will have a chance to develop learning habits and skills which will set the course for the rest of their......more

Paramount on the heart of every parent is the success of his/her children in academic and non-academic pursuits. A lot of time and money is often invested into the lives of our children ensuring that they receive the best education we can afford %u2013 and we sometimes strive hard, denying ourselves certain privileges in our attempt to keep up with the ever rising cost of good quality educational services. As our children are diverse and of varying abilities, we often require the services of private instructors/lesson teachers to complement the efforts of the school teachers in our quest for good education.

 As part of their curricula, schools offer civics, citizenship or moral instruction (some offer religious education) in an attempt to equip the children......more

When I first got married and had to get a maid I thought that was it. I found one teenage girl who was very hardworking and I felt I was set up for the long journey of running my home while working at the same time.

The first shocker I got was when I told her to do something and she said she would get round to it after she finished what she was doing at that moment. I had to really insist before she left the plates she was washing and went to bring what I needed from the back garden. Of course it didn%u2019t take long before I sent her packing because it was always one problem after another. The next girl was more interested in boys than housework. She befriended......more

I was in debt and had no idea how to get out it. There seemed to be no solution until I met a friend who was studying to become a mortgage consultant. It was then I decided to study personal finance, maybe I would learn something that would help me out of debt and catapult me into financial prosperity.

I did learn something; I learnt a lot of common sense!

The main thing I learnt was you cannot become financially independent unless you learn about money matters. This is not about becoming extremely wealthy; it is all about freedom; freedom from debt; freedom to do the really important things in......more