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Old October 25th 03, 09:34 PM
toypup
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Default Bright 2nd grader & school truancy / part-time home-school?


"H Schinske" wrote in message
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Sue ) wrote:

Well imo, you are essentially telling your daughter that rules don't

matter,
school doesn't matter and that she can stay home at any whim. What is she
going to do in the real adult world when she has a job? Stay home because
she feels like it.


And what are you telling your child when you say that school is important

to
stay in even when you are not learning anything? I think that is a message

that
is being put across to way too many bright kids, and one reason why so

many
people don't have the guts to leave dead-end jobs or work to make their

lives
more interesting.


The point is, she's in school and the school has rules. If she doesn't want
to follow those rules, she finds another school or homeschools or something
where the rules suit her. But, as long as she attends that school, she
needs to follow their rules. If she were in a dead-end job, she could quit
her job and find another more satisfying job, but as long as she keeps her
job (her choice), she needs to follow the rules.