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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My parents took me on vacation a few times during school. I have no recollection of the topics of the homework I had to take with me, nor do I care. What I do recall is the memories we created. I will always remember riding bikes with my brother and me crashing into a tree because I couldn't brake down the hill.

People need to think more long term. In 20 years, no one will care about the missed geometry lessons that you can make up later.[/quote]

I doubt OP's new middle schooler is doing geometry...OK, I know you meant that just as an example, but frankly, while this is doable for OP now, very soon it will be a problem for her kid to miss days of school.

My kid is in HS. By the time she was in eighth grade we were being told by teachers that many classes moved very quickly and missing days meant not just taking some homework with you or making up a little work, but having to do serious catch-up on things that were covered only once in class and which would not be covered again. So OP, be aware, that in years to come -- years coming up very soon -- if your kid misses one day, the result can be not just homework to make up, but a need to stay after school to see a teacher, or spending time before school or at lunch working on learning things that were taught while your child was out. Especially for kids in honors or other advanced classes, missing a day can make a difference and "making it up" is about more than just doing some extra homework.

Sorry to say that to all those who say "family time is more important," but by the time your kids are in HS, unless a trip is actually once in a lifetime or truly enriching -- taking them out creates stress for them.[/quote]
So, what happens when they get sick? I guess that's not allowed either.
I missed 3 weeks of 8th grade due to a viral illness that left me bedridden. I made up ALL the work. It took time but it was not impossible. [/quote] 
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 I'm not the person you quoted, but c'mon - getting sick is not the same as a fun vacation.  And it's true about missing days in high school, my kids school even recommends you do not schedule dr appts during school days if possible - anotherwords avoid pulling them on school days if at all possible.  Sickness cannot be avoided obviously.   But the absences will be excused and the school will support you in making up the missed work.  It doesent change the fact that it will be stressfu[/b]l. [/quote]

I"m the person quoted above about not pulling HS students out. Thanks, PP in bold, for the backup!

That earlier PP (I guess that's not allowed either") is being classic DCUM snarky. Of course illness keeps some kids out of school. But whatever happened to that PP in eighth grade back in the day, it doesn't change the fact that NOW, students have a lot more to make up if they miss school, no matter the reason.

A friend's DC missed several weeks of an HS year due to hospitalizations and the result was the school worked with the family to ramp back the courseload, basically. There was no way to make up all that was missed -- some specific assignments could be made up but the student just could not replace all the classroom instruction he missed. To avert having him repeat the grade or do vast amounts of summer school (a huge stress for a chronically sick kid), the teachers ended up creating some alternative assignments, basically. The school and teachers apparently were terrific about it and treated the student with great sensitivity and understanding, but still, getting through the year required much more effort, from many people (teachers, parents, the student) than "I made up all the work."

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