Should school refuse boy leave for mum's wedding?

[zoco]

It is things that he will need to build on in future lessons so unless his parents (or teachers) are willing to step up and cover it he could suffer for it for a very long time.

If a teacher had to step up to catch up every pupil that had a couple of days off they wouldn't have time to do their job. Bottom line is they can't help, they just don't have the time unless the schooling of the other kids is degraded.

It's possible the parents may step up and school him in which case no problems but this won't happen with kids that are already struggling through lack of parental involvement. It's got to be one rule for all.

What does a kid understand about life is forever? Get him educated and then he can live it.

All these reasons are why going in to a school to discuss should help.

What crucial piece of the jigsaw are you going to miss at that age??

I accept that schooling has probably changed since I was at junior school but ISTR it was all pretty basic stuff that would get repeated year in year out - arithmetic, spelling and grammar and such like.

[MyUserName]

Neither have I.

Are you beginning to realise how boring I am yet?

FTFY

[scooterscot]

FTFY

ASDFMWO

[zoco]

ASDFMWO

God, do you ever just shut up?

[scooterscot]

God, do you ever just shut up?

No. And don't call me God.

[TheFaQQer]

We used to go away for 2 weeks every June - my mother used to send in a note telling them we were going on holiday & I wouldn't be around for 2 weeks. There was no question of REQUESTING the time off.

Were you there when they explained the concept of an own goal?

[SpontaneousOrder]

I don't remember ever doing anything at school that a week or 2 off a year would affect. Some kids struggle, many don't. Some that struggle early on will excel later on.

It's a shame we're always forced to benchmark ourselves against lowest common denominator.

[speling bee]

Probably a day to get there, a day to get married and a day to come back.

If I was PM-ing, I would run the three in parallel.

[BrilloPad]

If I was PM-ing, I would run the three in parallel.

When Suity was PMing it was a 20 day event : and the groom ended up married to the best man.

[MyUserName]

No. And call me boring.

FTFY