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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are your kids fluent in any other language than English?
How do you like the international/ American schools in each country?
Do you think your kids are getting a better (richer) education than if you had stayed in the US, or is the experience not so different mostly surrounded by other English speaking expats?[/quote]

No. They only speak English.

The quality of education at the American schools in HK and Dubai is excellent. We have no complaints.

My kids are getting a different kind of experience. It is not the same as if we'd stayed in the US. Their friends are far more diverse than their cousin's circle of friends. At a typical birthday party you will easily have 6-10 different nationalities, if not more (so many of the "American" or "Canadian" classmates are actually dual passport holders with the other passport from India or Pakistan or Jordan or Turkey or Thailand).

Truth be told, I think the Americans are a bit more open to a diverse circle of friends among their kids. The British tend to be more cloistered to themselves. This may have to do with that there's just so many more British expats than American expats. The British expat communities in HK and Dubai are huge, whereas for Americans it's much smaller. And a lot of the Americans overseas are also in multi-national marriages, with spouses from another country. [/quote]

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