My wife, who is Dominican, and I, have two brand new twin babies (boy and girl). Even though they very young still, we are already saving money for their college educations, which will cost a small fortune seventeen years from now. In the meantime, we will have to get them through primary school. The public school system where we live in the northeast of the US is good but private education is generally always better than public. There are private primary schools near where we live but twelve years of private primary school tuition, times two, will cost as much as, if not more than, the aforementioned small fortune college tuitions.
So, I have been kicking around an idea. We could send the twins to a private school in the DR for a year, or two, or three, or four. Doing so could give the kids exposure to their mother?s homeland and a closeness with that side of the family. Of course, when the kids reach school age, I may not want them to live away from me for that long. But I am just kicking the tires on this idea for now.
Could the twins get a first class education, commensurate with the kind of education they would get at a private primary school in the northeast of the US? Does anyone have any experience with this sort of thing? A big concern I have is the transition, from one country to another, from one educational style to another. Would a Dominican private school prepare/prime them for the academic rigor of a competitive American college?
So, I have been kicking around an idea. We could send the twins to a private school in the DR for a year, or two, or three, or four. Doing so could give the kids exposure to their mother?s homeland and a closeness with that side of the family. Of course, when the kids reach school age, I may not want them to live away from me for that long. But I am just kicking the tires on this idea for now.
Could the twins get a first class education, commensurate with the kind of education they would get at a private primary school in the northeast of the US? Does anyone have any experience with this sort of thing? A big concern I have is the transition, from one country to another, from one educational style to another. Would a Dominican private school prepare/prime them for the academic rigor of a competitive American college?