kenyancowgirl wrote:
Ah, but HM and Sparklecat, both your moves are within the bounds of reasonableness and you even mentioned that your started "planning" back in y5 HM.
I think what Deb70 is referring to are the kind of comments about "what grammar school has no catchment?" - so, although there is an element of planning, it doesn't actually matter where the school is located in teh country, the whole family will move lock, stock and barrel.
At least that example indicates an element of planning - even worse are the ones who live somewhere down south and have "gained a seat at....." some grammar school two or three hours (or more) away, and are now looking at where to live, primary schools etc - I always wonder what kind of jobs people have that allows them to stop everything at the drop of a hat, relocate to somewhere miles away from (assumably) family, friends, work, social life etc and pick up where they left off...?
I suppose that with modern technology, in some jobs, 'working from home' can as well be done from 200 miles from base as from 5? I used to work in central London with someone who lived in France. They were actually in the office quite often, though (so much so, that I was quite surprised when I found out where they lived), so I don't think they commuted on a daily basis. But if sending an email, rather than wandering off to their office to find them, one would have no idea whether the reply was coming from 30 feet away, or the other side of the English Channel.