It was hard to know when to start. The academic year runs from May to March in Thailand. It runs from January to December in South Africa and something like August to July in England. And we are South Africans, living in Thailand, following a British homeschool curriclum. Confusion.
I made the decision to follow the South African year as closely as possible because, when we go home Jonty will need to fit into that system, so it makes the most sense. But a January start was out of the question as we moved our centre and our home in January and amidst the rubble and chaos of our move/renovations, I did not think it was possible to start the programme. And I was right!
Another obstacle: some materials came from a kind colleague in Central Thailand who loaned us books to help save costs (quite a considerable savings, I might add). Some materials and resources came from England. Some from Singapore. And some needed to be bought in Lampang itself. Collecting and organising all these materials, and keeping track of it all was a mission in itself!
At this stage we have a lot of the resources, but by no means all. But its almost mid-February and time to start if we want to be finished by November 2010.
Its all so new to me and I am sure I'm asking our tutor lots of silly questions. I know that I'll get into it, but for now its all just strange.
So, here goes....
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