turtlechick6
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- Oct 18, 2010
I am in the camp that if a student is doing well in their classes missing some days for family vacation and together time is perfectly okay. My parents always traveled during off seasons. I learned way more on our vacations than I ever could have learned in the classroom. I love teaching my kids real world field experiences. My classmates studied Mexico out of a book. I went to Mexico and saw the Mayan ruins firsthand and even climbed them! My friends studied Canada in a book. I traveled to Canada and explored Castle Loma and saw Niagara Falls with my own eyes and felt the spray as I went by it in a boat! You cannot mimic that kind of experience in a classroom!
My parents always volunteered at the schools and were nice to my teachers. The teachers never had a problem with me leaving school for the trips. They would send work home to complete and I would usually prepare a report with souvenirs and such to give to the class when I got back. Sometimes we just went to WDW but that can be educational too! Epcot is all about science and technology and foreign countries! I was even dyslexic and I still was able to make good grades and miss classes.
Once I got to middle school the long trips kinda stopped because school became harder and it was harder to miss several days in a row. I still took out days here and there for small trips or mental health days with my parent's permission all the way to when I graduated. I went to WDW every year with my dance troupe to perform in the parade and at a dance competition at the Tomorrowland stage! I am sorry but that kind of world experience is worth missing a few days of school over! What memories! It served me well too because never have I ever had stage fright or been afraid to give a speech in class because I performed in Disneyworld! If I could do that, I can give a class presentation!
I plan on taking my kids out of school when they are young for trips. We are a family of four living on one small income. We cannot afford to travel during peak season and I can't stand the heat or the crowds. I am fully prepared to make a scene if the school gives me trouble about it too. I would not pull my kids out if they were struggling but I doubt they will be. Even my child with special needs can probably handle being pulled out because even now he responds better to play and experiences than he does sitting down instruction time.
We are missing preschool for a week to go to WDW next week and my goal is to take them back to WDW again when they are around 3rd or 4th grade. They will miss school for it in September or October or November.
It is all about money. The schools get money for every day your child is there and that is all I believe it adds up to. Usually if the parents are helpful to the teacher, the teacher never minds preparing the work for them. Mine never did. If schools give me a hard time I am prepared to put them in private school or homeschool them too. I have a right to my children and I have a right to decide what is best for them, not the schools.
My parents always volunteered at the schools and were nice to my teachers. The teachers never had a problem with me leaving school for the trips. They would send work home to complete and I would usually prepare a report with souvenirs and such to give to the class when I got back. Sometimes we just went to WDW but that can be educational too! Epcot is all about science and technology and foreign countries! I was even dyslexic and I still was able to make good grades and miss classes.
Once I got to middle school the long trips kinda stopped because school became harder and it was harder to miss several days in a row. I still took out days here and there for small trips or mental health days with my parent's permission all the way to when I graduated. I went to WDW every year with my dance troupe to perform in the parade and at a dance competition at the Tomorrowland stage! I am sorry but that kind of world experience is worth missing a few days of school over! What memories! It served me well too because never have I ever had stage fright or been afraid to give a speech in class because I performed in Disneyworld! If I could do that, I can give a class presentation!
I plan on taking my kids out of school when they are young for trips. We are a family of four living on one small income. We cannot afford to travel during peak season and I can't stand the heat or the crowds. I am fully prepared to make a scene if the school gives me trouble about it too. I would not pull my kids out if they were struggling but I doubt they will be. Even my child with special needs can probably handle being pulled out because even now he responds better to play and experiences than he does sitting down instruction time.
We are missing preschool for a week to go to WDW next week and my goal is to take them back to WDW again when they are around 3rd or 4th grade. They will miss school for it in September or October or November.
It is all about money. The schools get money for every day your child is there and that is all I believe it adds up to. Usually if the parents are helpful to the teacher, the teacher never minds preparing the work for them. Mine never did. If schools give me a hard time I am prepared to put them in private school or homeschool them too. I have a right to my children and I have a right to decide what is best for them, not the schools.