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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s not racist. I had students of all races take off for two or three weeks in January. Yes, white children, too. The family was always on another continent. Always. [/quote]
[b]It’s discrimination,[/b] if you prefer that word. I want to take my kid out for just three extra days so they can spend a little more time with their grandparents. They’re elderly, and I genuinely don’t know how much longer my child will have the chance to be with them. We’re white, and the grandparents live overseas and cannot travel. 
And now I’m being told that these three days of school—during a period when teachers are mostly focused on supporting underachievers—are somehow more important than my straight-A+ student spending irreplaceable time with aging grandparents?[/quote]

Oh please. It’s not racist. It’s not discrimination. It’s rude to teachers who have lesson plans, it’s rude and disruptive to fellow students, it’s disruptive to your child’s own education. Imagine being the teachers who have to deal with all those emails after the fact when parents are trying to get and Larlo back up to speed. Our private had this rule because the absences upset everyone. And we all adhered to it for those reasons.[/quote]

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