Post Arp9F4WMLF3KkE1Yiu by michael@mstdn.thms.uk
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 (DIR) Post #Arp9EgQ9wdpi02wGjA by michael@mstdn.thms.uk
       2025-03-07T15:29:53Z
       
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       I’m incredibly proud of my oldest son who has qualified for a very selective Grammar School! He worked extremely hard studying for the test, and it's been amazing to watch him grow in this!#parenting
       
 (DIR) Post #Arp9EhWDraHFP8mcoi by stannard@social.vivaldi.net
       2025-03-07T21:37:48Z
       
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       @michael I hope you told him that.Some of us missed the opportunity.Oh and I am pleased for you both.
       
 (DIR) Post #Arp9EoLqSZ8Sayyw76 by michael@mstdn.thms.uk
       2025-03-07T15:31:31Z
       
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       However, I now have to fill in the registration form for that school, and it’s the second hardest form I’ve ever filled in - topped only by the form I had to fill in when I applied for naturalisation!First they want 3 people’s contact details for emergency. But - as I assume most kids, unless something changed in how we make kids recently that I wasn't aware of - he has only two parents 🤷‍♂️
       
 (DIR) Post #Arp9EvxKBcH6BFZT0K by michael@mstdn.thms.uk
       2025-03-07T15:32:23Z
       
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       They want me to give the grandparent's details for emergencies when they can't reach either of us. Do they think the grandparents are gonna fly over from Egypt if he has a fever?
       
 (DIR) Post #Arp9F4WMLF3KkE1Yiu by michael@mstdn.thms.uk
       2025-03-07T15:34:37Z
       
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       Then they want a mountain of documents that - again - is only surpassed in size by the amount of documents I had to send in when I got naturalised. All just to prove my and his address. It's really absurd to request all of this just to get into secondary school!Probably the most absurd of all, though, is that they want the GP Registration Confirmation letter. Now, we moved into our current home all the way back in 2017. And even I - being a very organised German - don't keep documents for such a long time! So I don't have it anymore.The whole thing is just totally over the top for a school place…
       
 (DIR) Post #ArpAi3n4EjCWpaE3Qu by michael@mstdn.thms.uk
       2025-03-07T21:54:21Z
       
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       @stannard yep, I sure did.