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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Great way to teach your kids that school doesn't matter. [/quote]

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My kids complain every time we have these that so many other kids skip and I won't let them.  I only wish teachers would expect more of kids on these days-- even if they don't do new material because of all of the absences, they could do substantive review or enrichment.[/quote]

Yep. I tell my kids, "I have a job I go to every day. Your job is to go to school and learn. Just because there's a half-day doesn't mean you get to skip." 
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You get paid to work. Going to school and learning is not a job.[/quote]

Wow, you have a pretty limited understanding of what a job is. Yes, I get paid to work, but it's also just what I do as part of my contribution to society. But if you want to talk in terms of payment, they get a pretty massive payment if they try hard -- a good education. But what I really mean by "job," is that school is a major part of what they're supposed to do as kids. Their mandate, at their stage in life, is to learn, both at school and at home, how to be functional, contributing adults. [/quote]

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