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In addition to Jada's rant in regard to the subsidy agreement from the government (for Jaala's school program) I find it extremely stupid how they have a definite cut off point. The way it works is if you are a working mother like Jada and work 20 hours or less a week, then you get 100% subsidy. This is what we were on originally before Jada got her job. When Jada started working we thought, we better be honest and let them know we have a little bit more income now then when we first filled out the subsidy forms, so we did thinking that a small amount of extra money more wouldn't affect things too much. So the cut off goes like this work 20 hours, get 100% subsidy. Work 21 hours get 0%. Nada, nothing, bumpkis. Apparently in the eyes of the government that 1 extra hour of work is enough to now be able to cover the monthly school fees. Wouldn't a system where 20 hours a week is 100% covered, and 20-30 hours a week could be say 80% covered, be more logical? Of course the easy answer is just work less and get the subsidy, which would work, however before we do that we are currently looking at other subsidy options that would allow us to still keep the same hours (as Christmas coming and keeping hours under 20 may not be so easy) and still get funds of some sort. After all we are still operating on a student budget.

On a much prouder note, Jaala really impressed last week. At church on Sunday, Jaala's class made pretend scriptures as seen in the picture. She loves them. She has often come up to me this week and asked "Dad, can I read you some of my scriptures?" There is obviously only one answer to this question. To make a proud moment even better, Jaala asked to be able to bring her Scriptures to school for her show and tell, which she did. She is quite the little missionary and could easily put me to shame in that regard.


Lastly, classes for this semester are officially over leaving me with only a few finals to write before Christmas break. Only one of the three will be extremely challenging, and that is my Eco-system and Community Ecology class, which although incredibly fascinating, is also quite difficult. I am thinking of blogging in the future about some science related facts that others may find interesting and might also dispel some myths and rumours of of traditional schooling and education. For example do bears really hibernate? or do Seagulls really exist? Most people who know me know the answer to these questions, but for those who don't, stay tuned for some scientific "myth busting" as I dispel some of the most heinous and grievous errors in our current educational system (insert maniacal laugh here).