would you pull a 4th grader out of school for 4 days for a dream trip?

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Anonymous wrote:Do not even hesitate about pulling her out of school. My own best memories are of the dream trips (similar to yours) that my family took when I was in school. Your 4th grader won't miss a beat but she will ALWAYS remember this trip.

My parents did this to extend our spring breaks all the way to 2 full weeks every year in elementary. We were broke so our vacation was visiting our grandparents in southern FL, which meant driving from PA- which took 2 days each way. I still hate long road trips but look on those trips super fondly. We had to do our "work" in the back seat both ways.

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Anonymous wrote:12 day trip to a country in Asia. The parent of one of my kids' friends is a foreign ambassador so we would be staying in an embassy with their family and would experience all that entails as well as the country itself.

This sounds amazing! I'd definitely let my kid miss school for enriching travel.

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Anonymous wrote:12 day trip to a country in Asia. The parent of one of my kids' friends is a foreign ambassador so we would be staying in an embassy with their family and would experience all that entails as well as the country itself.

It will end up being more than 4 days as the jet lag on the return is brutal, so those first few days back at school, assuming you are returning right before school starts , will be wasted. not a huge deal though as they tend to be slower days anyway.

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I am an elementary school administrator and I would do this. I can tell you it happens every week at our school. Someone is always out for travel.

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Yes.

Even a middle schooler.

Heck, even a high schooler.

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We pull the kids a week every year and plan to keep doing it until oldest hits 7th.

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Without question. We take an extra week and pull her for it every time we travel to Asia. This is by far a better use of learning time.

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Yes

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heck yes. I'm a teacher in a school with a fairly high Indian population and regularly have students miss 1-3 weeks to go to India. They don't seem any worse off...

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Absolutely.

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Anonymous wrote:heck yes. I'm a teacher in a school with a fairly high Indian population and regularly have students miss 1-3 weeks to go to India. They don't seem any worse off...

Elementary? My Indian parents wouldn't let that fly after elementary.