Take off a week in school year to go to disney

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Anonymous wrote:We took our kids out during the school year to go toDisney y when my oldest was in K, 2, and 5 (the youngest is 3 years behind).

The oldest still got straight As and ended up in the TPMS magnet, then the Blair magnet. The youngest had straight As and qualified for both middle school magnets, but lost it in the lottery. He expects to get into a HS magnet eventually.

Missing a week in elementary school, especially early in the school year, will not make or break your kid.

However, this does not apply if they're in middle or high school.

It’s not about whether they’ll struggle academically. It’s about the message it sends.

We took ours out for Disney in 6th grade. He graduated from high school with honors and a scholarship. He has one year left in his Engineering degree, earning high grades. A few missed days of ES school for a trip to Disney did no harm.

Op, check the crowd calendar and plan around a weekend.

Good for you. Don’t care. Not the type of family I would ever want to be in.

I'll add that my husband is a teacher, and ds's teacher told us to go and not worry about it.

You don't care because your theory about priorities over one trip is a little off.

And you’ve ignored posts from teachers on here, expressing frustration with these trips.

Your kid’s teacher very likely said that because what the heck else is he/she supposed to do? You’re going to go on the trip regardless of what the teacher says.

I see a teacher or two saying don't expect them to do extra work for that student.

I also see a teacher or two say they don't worry about it.

Pp, my kid does well but he's certainly not superior.

It’s just obnoxious.

Kids get plenty of breaks, but rather than using those, you all just take your kids out for a week at a time. Why? Is the message to the kid that, as long as they get good grades, it doesn’t matter?

I think this is a fantastic message, that ultimately it’s the final product that matters. As is learning how to catch up. These are important skills in my profession.

Of course, you won’t admit that MCPS grade inflation is so rampant that the “final product” is a joke.

But sure — take the kid to Disney. If the kid falls behind, say, “well it’s a life lesson to learn to catch up.”

Is it also a life lesson that the rules don’t apply to you?

Again, I think these are GREAT life lessons. Including being clear-eyed about the grading scale.

So just to be clear: you think “the rules don’t apply to you” is a great life lesson. Got it.

Yup. Specifically rules that aren’t real rules. Figuring out which rules matter and which don’t has been incredibly important to my success in life.

So you’re a self-important prick.

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Anonymous wrote:I think the parents with their undies in a bunch about this are mad that their kids whine about not going on good trips when our kids get back and say why they’ve been out of school.

Yes. My 6 year old is so jealous of your kid’s Disney trip, given that in her 6 years of life, she’s been to:

- WDW 4 times
- England
- Italy
- Sweden
- Estonia
- Finland
- Arizona
- California
- NYC countless times
- Hawaii twice

But yep. Jealousy is definitely it, because as you’ve so rightly implied, it’s not possible to go on good trips unless your kid misses school.

So clearly you’re teaching your kid international travel for her snowflake self is more important than the destruction of our planet. Isn’t that nice.

Were those goalposts heavy to move?

Let’s just be real. You’re fine with destroying the planet but for some reason really fixated on a few missed days in elementary school. You’re not actually morally superior (quite the opposite) so sit down.

Is this really the direction you want to take this? We have one kid. We live in a small home. We drive a fully electric car.

You’re also talking about travel, likely by plane or by gas powered car.

But sure — take the focus away from this discussion because you have no other reply.

Keep getting the last word in because you have no life

My god the hypocrisy 🤣

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Anonymous wrote:I think the parents with their undies in a bunch about this are mad that their kids whine about not going on good trips when our kids get back and say why they’ve been out of school.

Yes. My 6 year old is so jealous of your kid’s Disney trip, given that in her 6 years of life, she’s been to:

- WDW 4 times
- England
- Italy
- Sweden
- Estonia
- Finland
- Arizona
- California
- NYC countless times
- Hawaii twice

But yep. Jealousy is definitely it, because as you’ve so rightly implied, it’s not possible to go on good trips unless your kid misses school.

So clearly you’re teaching your kid international travel for her snowflake self is more important than the destruction of our planet. Isn’t that nice.

Were those goalposts heavy to move?

Let’s just be real. You’re fine with destroying the planet but for some reason really fixated on a few missed days in elementary school. You’re not actually morally superior (quite the opposite) so sit down.

Is this really the direction you want to take this? We have one kid. We live in a small home. We drive a fully electric car.

You’re also talking about travel, likely by plane or by gas powered car.

But sure — take the focus away from this discussion because you have no other reply.

You undo ALL of that environmental virtue in one trip to Scotland! I just can’t imagine not being ashamed of admitting to all that destructive international travel.

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Anonymous wrote:We took our kids out during the school year to go toDisney y when my oldest was in K, 2, and 5 (the youngest is 3 years behind).

The oldest still got straight As and ended up in the TPMS magnet, then the Blair magnet. The youngest had straight As and qualified for both middle school magnets, but lost it in the lottery. He expects to get into a HS magnet eventually.

Missing a week in elementary school, especially early in the school year, will not make or break your kid.

However, this does not apply if they're in middle or high school.

It’s not about whether they’ll struggle academically. It’s about the message it sends.

We took ours out for Disney in 6th grade. He graduated from high school with honors and a scholarship. He has one year left in his Engineering degree, earning high grades. A few missed days of ES school for a trip to Disney did no harm.

Op, check the crowd calendar and plan around a weekend.

Good for you. Don’t care. Not the type of family I would ever want to be in.

I'll add that my husband is a teacher, and ds's teacher told us to go and not worry about it.

You don't care because your theory about priorities over one trip is a little off.

And you’ve ignored posts from teachers on here, expressing frustration with these trips.

Your kid’s teacher very likely said that because what the heck else is he/she supposed to do? You’re going to go on the trip regardless of what the teacher says.

I see a teacher or two saying don't expect them to do extra work for that student.

I also see a teacher or two say they don't worry about it.

Pp, my kid does well but he's certainly not superior.

It’s just obnoxious.

Kids get plenty of breaks, but rather than using those, you all just take your kids out for a week at a time. Why? Is the message to the kid that, as long as they get good grades, it doesn’t matter?

I think this is a fantastic message, that ultimately it’s the final product that matters. As is learning how to catch up. These are important skills in my profession.

Of course, you won’t admit that MCPS grade inflation is so rampant that the “final product” is a joke.

But sure — take the kid to Disney. If the kid falls behind, say, “well it’s a life lesson to learn to catch up.”

Is it also a life lesson that the rules don’t apply to you?

Again, I think these are GREAT life lessons. Including being clear-eyed about the grading scale.

So just to be clear: you think “the rules don’t apply to you” is a great life lesson. Got it.

Yup. Specifically rules that aren’t real rules. Figuring out which rules matter and which don’t has been incredibly important to my success in life.

So you’re a self-important prick.

Yes. And rich. And I want my kids to be rich too.

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Anonymous wrote:I think the parents with their undies in a bunch about this are mad that their kids whine about not going on good trips when our kids get back and say why they’ve been out of school.

Yes. My 6 year old is so jealous of your kid’s Disney trip, given that in her 6 years of life, she’s been to:

- WDW 4 times
- England
- Italy
- Sweden
- Estonia
- Finland
- Arizona
- California
- NYC countless times
- Hawaii twice

But yep. Jealousy is definitely it, because as you’ve so rightly implied, it’s not possible to go on good trips unless your kid misses school.

So clearly you’re teaching your kid international travel for her snowflake self is more important than the destruction of our planet. Isn’t that nice.

Were those goalposts heavy to move?

Let’s just be real. You’re fine with destroying the planet but for some reason really fixated on a few missed days in elementary school. You’re not actually morally superior (quite the opposite) so sit down.

Is this really the direction you want to take this? We have one kid. We live in a small home. We drive a fully electric car.

You’re also talking about travel, likely by plane or by gas powered car.

But sure — take the focus away from this discussion because you have no other reply.

You undo ALL of that environmental virtue in one trip to Scotland! I just can’t imagine not being ashamed of admitting to all that destructive international travel.

Again — 100% off topic. Take this to another forum.

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Anonymous wrote:We took our kids out during the school year to go toDisney y when my oldest was in K, 2, and 5 (the youngest is 3 years behind).

The oldest still got straight As and ended up in the TPMS magnet, then the Blair magnet. The youngest had straight As and qualified for both middle school magnets, but lost it in the lottery. He expects to get into a HS magnet eventually.

Missing a week in elementary school, especially early in the school year, will not make or break your kid.

However, this does not apply if they're in middle or high school.

It’s not about whether they’ll struggle academically. It’s about the message it sends.

We took ours out for Disney in 6th grade. He graduated from high school with honors and a scholarship. He has one year left in his Engineering degree, earning high grades. A few missed days of ES school for a trip to Disney did no harm.

Op, check the crowd calendar and plan around a weekend.

Good for you. Don’t care. Not the type of family I would ever want to be in.

I'll add that my husband is a teacher, and ds's teacher told us to go and not worry about it.

You don't care because your theory about priorities over one trip is a little off.

And you’ve ignored posts from teachers on here, expressing frustration with these trips.

Your kid’s teacher very likely said that because what the heck else is he/she supposed to do? You’re going to go on the trip regardless of what the teacher says.

I see a teacher or two saying don't expect them to do extra work for that student.

I also see a teacher or two say they don't worry about it.

Pp, my kid does well but he's certainly not superior.

It’s just obnoxious.

Kids get plenty of breaks, but rather than using those, you all just take your kids out for a week at a time. Why? Is the message to the kid that, as long as they get good grades, it doesn’t matter?

I think this is a fantastic message, that ultimately it’s the final product that matters. As is learning how to catch up. These are important skills in my profession.

Of course, you won’t admit that MCPS grade inflation is so rampant that the “final product” is a joke.

But sure — take the kid to Disney. If the kid falls behind, say, “well it’s a life lesson to learn to catch up.”

Is it also a life lesson that the rules don’t apply to you?

Again, I think these are GREAT life lessons. Including being clear-eyed about the grading scale.

So just to be clear: you think “the rules don’t apply to you” is a great life lesson. Got it.

Yup. Specifically rules that aren’t real rules. Figuring out which rules matter and which don’t has been incredibly important to my success in life.

So you’re a self-important prick.

Yes. And rich. And I want my kids to be rich too.

Being rich requires violating the rules you don’t care about? Our HHI will be $1.1 million this year and we’ve never approached life this way.

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Anonymous wrote:I think the parents with their undies in a bunch about this are mad that their kids whine about not going on good trips when our kids get back and say why they’ve been out of school.

Yes. My 6 year old is so jealous of your kid’s Disney trip, given that in her 6 years of life, she’s been to:

- WDW 4 times
- England
- Italy
- Sweden
- Estonia
- Finland
- Arizona
- California
- NYC countless times
- Hawaii twice

But yep. Jealousy is definitely it, because as you’ve so rightly implied, it’s not possible to go on good trips unless your kid misses school.

So clearly you’re teaching your kid international travel for her snowflake self is more important than the destruction of our planet. Isn’t that nice.

Were those goalposts heavy to move?

Let’s just be real. You’re fine with destroying the planet but for some reason really fixated on a few missed days in elementary school. You’re not actually morally superior (quite the opposite) so sit down.

Is this really the direction you want to take this? We have one kid. We live in a small home. We drive a fully electric car.

You’re also talking about travel, likely by plane or by gas powered car.

But sure — take the focus away from this discussion because you have no other reply.

Keep getting the last word in because you have no life

My god the hypocrisy 🤣

Pathetic sack of shit

And there we have it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think the parents with their undies in a bunch about this are mad that their kids whine about not going on good trips when our kids get back and say why they’ve been out of school.

Yes. My 6 year old is so jealous of your kid’s Disney trip, given that in her 6 years of life, she’s been to:

- WDW 4 times
- England
- Italy
- Sweden
- Estonia
- Finland
- Arizona
- California
- NYC countless times
- Hawaii twice

But yep. Jealousy is definitely it, because as you’ve so rightly implied, it’s not possible to go on good trips unless your kid misses school.

So clearly you’re teaching your kid international travel for her snowflake self is more important than the destruction of our planet. Isn’t that nice.

Were those goalposts heavy to move?

Let’s just be real. You’re fine with destroying the planet but for some reason really fixated on a few missed days in elementary school. You’re not actually morally superior (quite the opposite) so sit down.

Is this really the direction you want to take this? We have one kid. We live in a small home. We drive a fully electric car.

You’re also talking about travel, likely by plane or by gas powered car.

But sure — take the focus away from this discussion because you have no other reply.

You undo ALL of that environmental virtue in one trip to Scotland! I just can’t imagine not being ashamed of admitting to all that destructive international travel.

Again — 100% off topic. Take this to another forum.

Also, planes in total account for 2.5% of global carbon emissions. Is this really the hill you want to die on?

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Anonymous wrote:I think the parents with their undies in a bunch about this are mad that their kids whine about not going on good trips when our kids get back and say why they’ve been out of school.

Yes. My 6 year old is so jealous of your kid’s Disney trip, given that in her 6 years of life, she’s been to:

- WDW 4 times
- England
- Italy
- Sweden
- Estonia
- Finland
- Arizona
- California
- NYC countless times
- Hawaii twice

But yep. Jealousy is definitely it, because as you’ve so rightly implied, it’s not possible to go on good trips unless your kid misses school.

So clearly you’re teaching your kid international travel for her snowflake self is more important than the destruction of our planet. Isn’t that nice.

Were those goalposts heavy to move?

Let’s just be real. You’re fine with destroying the planet but for some reason really fixated on a few missed days in elementary school. You’re not actually morally superior (quite the opposite) so sit down.

Agreed

Lol ok. And yet you all defend your flights to Disney. Hypocrites.

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OP, do it. The time spent with family is way more important than anything that will be happening in elementary school. The message that you are sending to your kids is that happiness matters too. School will be there for 13 years + college/grad school. This is one week. Enjoy!

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Anonymous wrote:OP, do it. The time spent with family is way more important than anything that will be happening in elementary school. The message that you are sending to your kids is that happiness matters too. School will be there for 13 years + college/grad school. This is one week. Enjoy!

Too bad kids never get school breaks, so this is the only option!

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Anonymous wrote:OP, do it. The time spent with family is way more important than anything that will be happening in elementary school. The message that you are sending to your kids is that happiness matters too. School will be there for 13 years + college/grad school. This is one week. Enjoy!

Too bad kids never get school breaks, so this is the only option!

Have your kids never missed a day of school?

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Anonymous wrote:OP, do it. The time spent with family is way more important than anything that will be happening in elementary school. The message that you are sending to your kids is that happiness matters too. School will be there for 13 years + college/grad school. This is one week. Enjoy!

Too bad kids never get school breaks, so this is the only option!

Have your kids never missed a day of school?

Not for Disney. Kids get a lot of days off.

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Anonymous wrote:I think the parents with their undies in a bunch about this are mad that their kids whine about not going on good trips when our kids get back and say why they’ve been out of school.

Yes. My 6 year old is so jealous of your kid’s Disney trip, given that in her 6 years of life, she’s been to:

- WDW 4 times
- England
- Italy
- Sweden
- Estonia
- Finland
- Arizona
- California
- NYC countless times
- Hawaii twice

But yep. Jealousy is definitely it, because as you’ve so rightly implied, it’s not possible to go on good trips unless your kid misses school.

So clearly you’re teaching your kid international travel for her snowflake self is more important than the destruction of our planet. Isn’t that nice.

Were those goalposts heavy to move?

Let’s just be real. You’re fine with destroying the planet but for some reason really fixated on a few missed days in elementary school. You’re not actually morally superior (quite the opposite) so sit down.

Agreed

Lol ok. And yet you all defend your flights to Disney. Hypocrites.

Are you seriously not familiar with the comparative carbon emissions?

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Anonymous wrote:OP, do it. The time spent with family is way more important than anything that will be happening in elementary school. The message that you are sending to your kids is that happiness matters too. School will be there for 13 years + college/grad school. This is one week. Enjoy!

Too bad kids never get school breaks, so this is the only option!

Have your kids never missed a day of school?

DP.
My kids have missed school for illness and for approved college visits. That’s it. We prioritize school during school months and travel during the summer.