Originally Posted by AFA06

...If you want private education for your kids then pay for it yourself. If you cannot afford it then either accept normal schooling (with said disruption) or go find another job. What's so difficult to understand with that??

What isn't difficult to understand is the concept that a serviceperson's children's education should not be affected by military service.

Originally Posted by AFA06

And, if it makes you feel any happier, by 'ok' when refering to my kids GCSE results, I meant straight As apart from 2 Bs - that to me is him doing ok.

I've come to the conclusion that your education was sub-standard, by definition 'straight As apart from 2 Bs' does not mean straight As!

Originally Posted by Bodhisattva

Originally Posted by Paymaster

To force a child to move school every 18-24 months is complete madness and no caring parent would do that.

Surely, to have a child in an environment where it is known in advance that they may have to move school every 18-24 months is complete madness too?

So join the Army don't get married or have children, I'm glad you are not in charge of recruiting!

Originally Posted by Paymaster

Originally Posted by Bodhisattva

How about:

You chose your job, you chose to have kids. Why should either of those choices result in your employer having to pay for your kids schooling?
If you want a stable education for your kids, either get a stable job or wait until your military career is over before you start to breed.

I had a kid whilst serving (well, my wife did), and she quite happily moved around various schools.

Because youer employer wants you to move around the world frequently, sometimes to places that do not cater for children or have very different educational systems, for goodness sake even if you move say a 15yo child from Catterick to Edinburgh the entire syllabus/exam system changes, why would you put your child through this?

Paymaster - someone should have told you that being in the Army meant moving around quite a lot before you took the condom off?

Either that or buy a house in Catterick's area and leave said child/mother there whilst you go to the windy city for a couple of years. What is so difficult about that? Or, should I pay for your offspring to go to a public school you could never otherwise afford?

Originally Posted by AFA06

Why does everyone presume my ignorance just because I do not agree with their whinging?

It's you that appears to be whinging - people are merely responding to your whinges.

Originally Posted by AFA06

Stop being so precious the lot of you - if your kids are too thick to adapt

Pot calling kettle.

Originally Posted by Sangreal

Originally Posted by AFA06

...If you want private education for your kids then pay for it yourself. If you cannot afford it then either accept normal schooling (with said disruption) or go find another job. What's so difficult to understand with that??

What isn't difficult to understand is the concept that a serviceperson's children's education should not be affected by military service.

Originally Posted by AFA06

And, if it makes you feel any happier, by 'ok' when refering to my kids GCSE results, I meant straight As apart from 2 Bs - that to me is him doing ok.

I've come to the conclusion that your education was sub-standard, by definition 'straight As apart from 2 Bs' does not mean straight As!

Then your conclusion is very wrong!!

Originally Posted by AFA06

Originally Posted by Sangreal

I've come to the conclusion that your education was sub-standard, by definition 'straight As apart from 2 Bs' does not mean straight As!

Then your conclusion is very wrong!!

Somehow I doubt that very much.

[quote="AFA06"][quote="Paymaster"]

Originally Posted by AFA06

Why does everyone presume my ignorance just because I do not agree with their whinging?

Stop being so precious the lot of you - if your kids are too thick to adapt then get out and get another job so it can attend the same school area for its entire school life or YOU pay for its private education. The time is drawing radiply to a close when I will have to pay for it.

We don't have to presume it, you display with almost every comment.

If you had been posted Scotland/England/Germany/Scotland you would understand that no child however gifted could possibly expect to achieve a good education. Therefore if the Army wishes to have a posting system then parents must feel that their children's education will not be totally compromised.

Ok, but can we also stop paying for all aspects of domestic support then as well? After all in the "real world", employers leave you to find your own properties, hardly ever provide leisure facilities, don't assist spouse employment, and have next to no welfare provision.

[quote="AFA06"][quote="Paymaster"]

Originally Posted by Bodhisattva

How about:

[Paymaster - someone should have told you that being in the Army meant moving around quite a lot before you took the condom off?

Either that or buy a house in Catterick's area and leave said child/mother there whilst you go to the windy city for a couple of years. What is so difficult about that? Or, should I pay for your offspring to go to a public school you could never otherwise afford?

Sonny you are offensive, I was brought up on the patch in Cyprus during the EOKA troubles so I do know a little about what the Army entails. I always wanted to join but I always wanted a family, the two should not be mutually exclusive, and as an ex officer of H Cav I could always have afforded it myself!

I don't see what the problem is.

CEA is a great boon to those serving with children who want the very best for their children and as such want them to have a quality, uninterrupted education. I am a "pad brat" (now serving) and began Boarding School (with CEA aid) at the start of my first year of GCSEs, and remained at the same school until finishing my A-Levels.

The way my father was posted in that time would have seen me (at a crucial stage of my education and examinations) move schools at least once, possible twice. THAT is unfair to the child.

Those of you on here who are strongly suggesting that having a family and children is optional and therefore shouldn't be taken into account for benefits/postings etc are frankly odd. No employer is allowed to discriminate on such grounds. It is the governments duty of care to both the Serviceperson and their families to ensure they get to choose at least some aspects of their life i.e. whether to be accompanied or unaccompanied, whether to use a local school or a subsidised Boarding School, etc.

CEA is a wonderful boon to serving personnel and it would be a real shame for the forces to lose it.

(I do not have children and therefore am not involved in CEA!)