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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You're virtual attendance doesn't make up for lost labs. I felt sorry for the last kid who missed a series of labs for disney,and then sat in class clueless when everyone else could discuss the cell reactions they saw under microscopes. If it was illness or family emergency, I would have set it up again for her to try and catch up. But really, don't expect me to stay after school and reteach labs for your disney trips. [/quote]

Too bad your school system doesn't have *actual materials* to send home so the parents can teach it (unless you're in mcps in which case it's totally understood that you are teaching nonsense on the fly thanks to 2.0). [/quote]

You are welcome to teach it. All you need is a compound microscope, slides, coverslips, appropriate plant samples, and the ability to teach your kid how to make a wet mount slide, record observations due to stimulus, etc. Then have a discussion about what's happening within the cell to cause what you see. Anyone who has had HS biology should be able to  teach this. You really expecting schools to send all those "actual materials" home because you went to Disney or the Bahamas when it's cheaper?

That said, if your kid is doing OK in school, you can probably take some days up to third grade. I've seen 5th graders lose their footing and confidence after missing chunks of school time. It's a scramble to make up work when kids have to miss bc they're sick. Wouldn't add in vacation after 5th or 6th grade. On the other hand, I've seen some families have incredible experiences /international trips, extensive sailing or camping road trips, and keep up with grade level work because they had a plan, and could implement it. All depends...[/quote]

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