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Tag Archives: education
Financial Education in Schools… or the Lack of.
Mr Fu and I are both in our late forties and seriously lament our late discovery of financial independence. What hope did we have, though, considering our non-existent education in all things financial?
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Tagged children, education, finance, financial education, money, schools
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UK on FIRE! Free places to make memories with the family
In my last post I posted a list of free educational apps and sites, but what about downtime? As a family of eight going anywhere can end up costing the earth, but after listening to Brad & Jonathan on a ChooseFI podcast talking … Continue reading
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Tagged apps, art, budget, children, compound interest, days out, discover, early retirement, education, explore, family, financial independence, fire, free, gallery, halfterm, holidays, kids, learn, learning, life, museum, sightseeing, summer, trips, UK, value, visit, visits, websites, workshop
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FIRE the teacher…. Become the teacher! (Free educational websites and apps)
In my last post I mentioned how a National Curriculum can’t ever hope to keep up with the current rapid advances in technology, the workplace (AND LIFE!) Left to their own ‘devices’ (no pun intended 🙂 ) the Little FUs will … Continue reading
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Tagged apps, children, early retirement, education, educational, family, financial independence. fire, fire, free, grammar, learning, lessons, maths, online, pdf, phonics, pre-school, primary, read, reading, school, science, spelling, teach, teaching, video, websites, workbooks
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Does Home Education FIRE your Imagination?
From what I hear and read, people of the FIRE community are really keen to not just retire early or become financially independent, but to buy back time. The freedom created when you no longer need to work means you’ve … Continue reading
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Tagged education, financial, financial independence. fire, home, home education, independence, job, learning, life, retire early, retirement, school, schooling
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School’s FIREd!
In my last post, I mentioned the other Great Leap we’d taken in our lives lately. It’s nothing wildly exciting, but it is a bit different to the norm and it could be hugely relevant to FI-focused parents.
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Tagged children, early retirement, education, family, financial, financial independence, financial independence. fire, fire, home, home education, learning, life, money, plan, retire early, retirement, school, schooling, teach, teaching
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Little FU#1 – the plan, steps 1&2
In my previous post on Little FU#1, I outlined the steps I am putting in place for Little FU#1 to start his journey to FI. I intend to do a series of posts to expand upon those steps so that anyone setting … Continue reading
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Tagged budget, compound interest, early retirement, education, family, financial, financial independence, fire, home education, ISA, job, life, LISA, money, plan, retire early, retirement, saving
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Mrs Fu Mon Chu speaks…
Mr Fu Mon Chu just loves a new project. He is a laidback but enthusiastic kind of guy and I’ve been playing devil’s advocate to his ideas and plans during twenty years of marriage, and ten years of dating before … Continue reading
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Tagged budget, children, compound interest, debt, deposit, early retirement, education, family, financial, financial independence, financial independence. fire, home education, ISA, learning, LISA, money, retire early, retirement, saving, schooling, value
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