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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Anonymous wrote:
School isn't prison, you know. If you need an extra day or two off to travel, then have your child take the day off. What's the school going to do. My child would get far more benefit from a trip to see extended family and to travel than he would by filling out a holiday worksheet, word-find, etc. (or, my favorite, watching a movie on the promethean board). They're your kids, schedule their vacation time as you choose.

First, many teachers, myself included, teach new material right through the last day of school before break (Friday 12/23 this year).

Second, you're right, you can schedule yuor vacation as you choose. Don't complain, however, that your child missed an important lesson when YOU took him/her out of school, and don't complain if his/her grade is lower on an exam due to missing the material the day YOU decided to take him/her out of school.

Third, don't expect me to tutor your kid so he/she can understand what he/she missed when YOU took him/her out of school! Being sick and missing school is one thing. Missing school to go to Florida is completely different![/quote]

Thank you quoted teacher!  I think it's a vicious cycle--parents think: they aren't missing anything so why not pull them out early, teachers think: they aren't going to come to class so why not just review old material/have fun days/etc.

We parents, are all adults and can make choices for our children, but like them, we should have to live with the consequences.  If that means we need to get the new material and review it with our children during our extended vacation, so be it.  If that means we cut our vacation short because we don't want our children to miss a day of school then it is what it is.  Teachers work hard and don't need the added hassle of dealing with your scheduling conflicts.

It's the same issue for working parents--bosses can approve or deny time, and either way we are responsible for our work.  If we miss a deadline due to our extended absence, then we deal with the consequences.[/quote]

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