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Perhaps I should not even try to give my opinion on this subject as my son was an adult when he was in Hungary.

I have spoken to several mothers of smaller children , ex pats who,s child was in school in Hungary.

My statements come from the horses mouth.

I had an American friend who,s husband was from Canada.

Her in-laws were Hungarian , her FIL had escaped Hungary at age 15 back in 1956.

She had given birth to her two boys in Budapest.The eldest was 8 years old.

He did not speak Hungarian or Yiddish.

Her FIL had been paying for years for the boy to attend the American school.

He was doing fine there.

Due to outside circumstances he could not longer support paying for the schooling.

Mt friend enrolled her boy in a regular Hungarian school;

He was put back about 2 grade levels because he did not understand Hungarian.

His self esteem sank.

She decided to enroll him in a Hebrew school; He also had a difficult time there due to not speaking Yiddish.

She and her husband were very upset about how their son was reacting to all the rejection.

They packed up and moved back to Canada.

At the US embassy , I chatted with a fellow American/Hungarian lady;

She had her 12 year old half black daughter with her; The girl needed a new passport.

Nice young lady but very upset about school  situation.

Her Hungarian was not good and the other children made fun of her daily.

She lived with her mom and Hungarian grandparents.

The women was divorced from a US black military man.

They moved to Hungary to help care for the women,s elderly parents.

Even so, once they got the girls passport in order, they were heading back to the US because of the school situation.

We also knew a Hungarian couple a good 25 years ago who had a young daughter, about 12. They had a nice retirement, bought a nice home and shipped over a nice car;

The children in the countryside school teased the girl to no end, making fun of her accent even though she spoke Hungarian. They sold out and left Hungary.

One more family who,s experience was not good.

In Las Vegas my husband worked with a Hungarian Gypsy man at a taxi company.

Nice couple with 3 teen age boys.

They sold everything in the US and moved to Hungary. The man,s family lived in the 8th district.

In fact we once went to visit his mother to drop off a gift from him.

Nice lady.

OK, so they got to Hungary and enrolled their boys into a normal school in the 8th district.

The boys were made fun off too; Everything from their accents to the fact they had nice trainers and clothing. Heard it directly from the parents in the US after they moved back to Las Vegas.

Ran into the couple in a dept; store and they told us all about how terrible their boys felt in Hungary. They also had no choice but to leave for the sanity of their children.

4 tales from 4 different families.

My kids are fluent Hungarian and English speakers.

The Hungarian woman at the embassy should have spoken to her kids in Hungarian continuously.  We were determined our kids would be bilingual.  Some people did not want to teach their kids "the old country" language.  It's a total mistake.  It's a skill they need to learn when they are young - like riding a bike or driving a car.   

They did have problems in school and our older one still has a slightly odd Hungarian accent but she's more or less lived here all her life albeit in a dual language household. On the other hand, they did all their education here in the government system.

We hear stories of my kids getting a hard time from officials for having different accents, even now they are or are nearly adults.   I find that entire thing really odd.  I hardly notice if people have accents as everyone around has a different accent to mine.

Part of this is to do with years of Hungarian political nationalism and xenophobia.  A lot of Hungarians (the videki) are incapable of speaking English, German or anything else and so only heard government media.  It might improve now Fidesz is out but it will take some years to overcome it.

MP is going to kill the existing state TV and re-establish it.  Yay! I'd recommend to him to subtitle TV programmes in future and not to dub them.  It will force people to learn they are not living on Mars and speaking other languages is just normal.

All but one of the children I referred to spoke Hungarian.

Those Gypsy boys had 2 middle aged parents who spoke Hungarian at home.

The older couple with their 12 year old daughter had lived in the US where she was born but in the house they spoke Hungarian.

People are just weird; I know my American born German grandfather was raised in Penn; In a Germany community and German was his first language.  US veteran but during WW1 he could not find a decent job because people saw him as German, not American.

I know my father refused to teach us Rysun because that area of Poland had turned commie and he never thought anyone would ever go back there again.

My husband tells me all the time he is treated differently when I am not there.

Me, the big threat!

Yes, this sort of stupid behavior does not happen in my experience in the US. People take ya or leave ya, no time to care about who you are or where you come from.

My husband was hanging everyday surfing with Hawaiians who spoke Pigeon English.

No one cared where he came from or about an accent.

He was seen as just a strange little guy with a red headed baby who liked to surf and fish without an attitude.

Here the first thing people ask is where are you from.

All but one of the children I referred to spoke Hungarian.Those Gypsy boys had 2 middle aged parents who spoke Hungarian at home.The older couple with their 12 year old daughter had lived in the US where she was born but in the house they spoke Hungarian.People are just weird; I know my American born German grandfather was raised in Penn; In a Germany community and German was his first language. US veteran but during WW1 he could not find a decent job because people saw him as German, not American.I know my father refused to teach us Rysun because that area of Poland had turned commie and he never thought anyone would ever go back there again.My husband tells me all the time he is treated differently when I am not there.Me, the big threat!Yes, this sort of stupid behavior does not happen in my experience in the US. People take ya or leave ya, no time to care about who you are or where you come from. My husband was hanging everyday surfing with Hawaiians who spoke Pigeon English.No one cared where he came from or about an accent.He was seen as just a strange little guy with a red headed baby who liked to surf and fish without an attitude.Here the first thing people ask is where are you from. - @Marilyn Tassy

I ask people where they are from because I might have been there.  I had a Polish taxi driver on Thursday and we discussed Orban's loss.  Average British person knows nothing about that.  I can often tell where people are from their accents and usually we can have a chat about some common things we might know about.   Good icebreaker.

I get your Dad didn't want to teach Rusyn but obviously he couldn't know it would change later on.  Dual language builds in a potential fall back on a job - as interpreter or translator.    Language learning is so difficult the older you get.  We all know that.  I'm having to learn Hungarian properly now. If I can get to a sufficient level,  I am going to try for citizenship.  I never bothered when the UK was in the EU as I had rights but now, I've only got permission and the only way to get rights is citizenship.  I should have started earlier on Hungarian but I did not anticipate staying in the country more than a couple of years.  In this stint, we've been in HU 16 years. Looks pretty permanent to me!

It really sticks in my throat that idiots in the UK decided on my fate and I was denied a vote.   If us European residents had been given a vote in the referendum then we wouldn't be in this position.  That's why those politicians like Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage need to be on trial for the damage they've caused.  Putin couldn't be happier.  My friend in the UK is a dual national with EU rights and he's a total Reform (Farage) supporter.  I've told him I'd never support such a party due to Brexit.  No way.

Anyway, I've met many ethnic HU people who cannot speak Hungarian.  Their knowledge is about the same level as me but they get their passports due to their parentage.   That EU freedom of movement is really valuable.  Only two of my kids have that.   The other two lost it at Brexit.  OK, one is in Canada and the other in the UK with no plans to change.  So moot point so long as their holidays are not effected.

Sorry, bit of a rant.   

Yes, my mom hated it when my father and his siblings were together, they would speak Rusyn like they had secrets.

Not a well known dialect. Slavic and most Slavs can understand each other even if the dialect is different.

Then again, my husband can not understand some country people here in Hungary.

He speaks perfect city boy Hungarian but does not use current slang.

Sometimes he forgets some words in Hungarian that are not everyday words.

I have no interest in becoming a HU citizen. Considered it awhile ago but no longer seem to care.

It is not as if it matters much any longer at my age without plans to live anywhere else in the EU .

Being a resident is good enough.

We thought of sending our son to live with his HU grandmother when he was around 10 or so. Put him in a International school here or even a military school;

It did not go far with going into the planning stages.

It was commie then and Hungary was too far away from Ca. for my liking.

Yes, my mom hated it when my father and his siblings were together, they would speak Rusyn like they had secrets.
Not a well known dialect. Slavic and most Slavs can understand each other even if the dialect is different.
Then again, my husband can not understand some country people here in Hungary.
He speaks perfect city boy Hungarian but does not use current slang.
Sometimes he forgets some words in Hungarian that are not everyday words.
I have no interest in becoming a HU citizen. Considered it awhile ago but no longer seem to care.
It is not as if it matters much any longer at my age without plans to live anywhere else in the EU .
Being a resident is good enough.
We thought of sending our son to live with his HU grandmother when he was around 10 or so. Put him in a International school here or even a military school;
It did not go far with going into the planning stages.
It was commie then and Hungary was too far away from Ca. for my liking. - @Marilyn Tassy

I'm quite frustrated when the others here gabble away in Hungarian.  But it's my fault.  I should have learnt earlier on.

I'm resigned myself to not living anywhere else probably.   We were interested in leaving for Spain if Orban got in again.  So we're back to watching what happens with the new government.

It would be so much easier to be an EU citizen.  By the time I could become a Hungarian, possibly the UK will be back in the EU so I'd get my rights back.

In the meantime, I'll be at immigration around November to check on the renewal procedure.  As my RP is based on the UK Brexit Withdrawal Agreement Article 50, I don't know if renewal will just be routine.  Any new RP should be valid 10 years.   The current one is valid 5 years.

My new 10 year permit is due mid summer.

Looked online, think it is cheap enough, money is not the issue, hate the whole deal with getting new photos, fingerprints and just dealing with it in general.

Think you have to wait until at least 45 days till it expires to make an appointment.

I probably will go in and try to book a date in person;Dislike dealing with the internet for appointments.

A few days ago we broke down and went to the family doctor because I have a slight raspy cough. 6 months of it or so.

The appointment was for me alone but for nearly an hour the doc was dealing with my husband. Taking his BP, writing up tests she wants done for him etc;

OK, so she spent 5 mins on me, took my BP; Very good numbers if fact on the low side.

Listened to my lungs and said it is probably an allergy.

OK, so first step to go back to city hall and get on the gov; portal for all medical and gov; issues.

Spent hours there,

Just now I was to sign in and it does not work for me!

OK, so today we went to get the blood test and urine sample at the medical center; Everything is suppose to be on the cloud.

My husband was good to go but me, no clue who I was!

IDK, maybe I am lucky, I do not exsist?

Just weird, have to call the doc, seems she was so busy with hubby she forgot all about me.

Sat there for over 90 mins and never got my tests done.

Ran around all morning, the pica, Tesco, forgot it is another long weekend starting tomorrow.

Took the bus home from the pica to go collect our car for Tesco;

Hubby was standing, I was sitting backwards on a seat.

The driving slammed the brakes on, super hard, Husband almost flew away, lucky enough this time he had a pole next to him which he grabbed hard; Good thing too, an elderly lady standing next to him went flying and he stopped her from getting hurt buy her slamming into his side.

Of course, I called out his dam then cursed the driver of the car that made our driver slam the brakes so hard.

Easy to see how a person can get injured riding the bus. Weird thing, the women did not even say thanks or ask if he was OK after her body slam.

That would be piac, again my edit does not work on this site. no wonder I dislike dealing with AI.