Emily | American Mom in Spain
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Wednesday 09 September 2026 09:20:04 GMT
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Jen :
Elaborate on American school please. Never heard of an American school in Spain
2026-09-10 04:00:16
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chauncy :
Went to an international school abroad and I loved it so much. I live in the US now but want to send them to an international school here because my experience was so lovely.
2026-09-09 13:34:08
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Jennifer Lassiter | UGC :
After two years we took our boys from the public school to a private British school here in Alicante. They will graduate with a double diploma. It was the right choice for us 🥰
2026-09-09 09:49:04
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sofía :
Regarding the caption, I can say that the blame is definitely on screen use in many cases. I am an English teacher in a public high school in Spain and we can only do so much with the hours that we have, the rest is on them. When you give out homework or any project and turns out most of them used AI to complete it, you're just wasting everyone's time. Attention spans and motivation is really declining: what's the use of learning a language if there will be AI in the future? They truly do not have any critical skills and it's concerning. Literacy rates are also dropping everywhere because kids NEED to read at home and create a habit. On the other hand, the thing with the PISA report is this: not only Spain's results have dropped, it is a trend that most countries get worse results each passing year. Is it really a fault of our own system or a worldwide problem?
2026-09-09 13:26:17
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Girl abroad :
Paying all those taxes and still having to pay for private school….it doesn’t make sense 😅
2026-09-09 23:48:54
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lucy :
in regards to the caption, the problem hasn't just been happening in education scores, children are having issues with their attention spans, this is very directly linked to screen usage and acting like it's not is setting your child up for failure
2026-09-09 16:50:58
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Ivanna Calle :
you guys are amazing parents!
2026-09-09 13:27:59
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jc.92.x :
How is your oldest in university???
2026-09-09 15:55:54
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Ms.Playa :
Language teacher here. It's always hard to know which choice is the correct one. Genuine question: If living in Spain is permanent, how will you continue to improve their Spanish literacy and academic vocabulary? If you don't supplement/support their Spanish (tutoring, etc), they could get behind their Spanish peers. This is something to consider especially if they may attend a Spanish Uni. Making sure they are professionally/academically fluent in two languages would be challenging, but not impossible! They will have gaps in both languages, but that ok!
2026-09-09 21:04:12
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voltia46 :
Same situation here; me being the only Spanish-speaking around my kids in a small town in MA…unfortunately I don’t have a school nearby where they only speak Spanish, but happy for your kids!
2026-09-09 15:29:17
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Peeps :
For this reason my daughter is in a English speaking school too! She's only 2 but it was important for me too
2026-09-09 13:17:28
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Cdntraveller 🇨🇦 :
Have you researched TCK - third culture kids? Good knowledge to have. I moved my child to an American school as well in madrid. It’s a closer curriculum to Canada and if going to North America for uni, it’s a good choice.
2026-09-09 11:44:52
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justpassingby38 :
Why on earth live in spain then
2026-09-09 17:04:57
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Jamie | Spanish-ish 🇪🇸 :
My kids went to public, then a concertado and now a British school. The quality of teachers here in Spain as well as the US has declined so much… so many people who should not be teachers. There is a lot of brainwashing happening now.
2026-09-09 13:00:08
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