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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am amazed at all of the posters who find no problem with taking a child out of school for a prolonged period of time...and we wonder why America is behind academically.  It is obvious that a limited value is place on education not at a national level but at a domestic level.[/quote]

If my kid was really missing out on outstanding academics that would put him significantly behind his peers, then of course I wouldn't have him miss any days.  But the fact is he's not really missing out on much in first grade because the basic math and reading instruction he gets he already knows!

The reason America lags far behind goes way beyond parents taking their 6/7 year old kids to visit relatives abroad for a few weeks. My bet is those countries that these parents are visiting have far better academics then us anyway and maybe the kid would learn more there in a couple of weeks than they would here in a month.

We all know the stereotype that Asians/Indians "tiger" parents, well lots of Asians and Indians also pull their kid from school for a couple of weeks to go abroad.  So on a domestic level there is emphasis in education, but there is also the emphasis on family.  It doesnt have to be one or the other. It's first grade for crying out loud. I guess we could make the argument that there isn't enough emphasis on family ties here in America on a domestic level.   She wants her kid to attend a family wedding and spend time with aging grandparents, she's not taking the kid out to go to Disney world.[/quote]

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