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Bright 2nd grader & school truancy / part-time home-school?
"Nevermind" wrote in message om... The comparison of school to a job is flawed, I think. An employer pays you to do work for them. Of course you owe it to them to show up, and of course they can and should fire you if you don't do your job. However, one does not send a child to school for the school's sake, and one is not beholden to a school the way one is to a paying employer. I think the only comparison is that the state, and taxpayers are paying for your child's public school education, so the state gets a say in how that education is implemented. If you are paying for your child's education (private school) you have more say. It could be argued that a child's "job" in school is to learn, and if she is learning just as much or more out of school, then. . . That said, I did already tell the OP that, basically, I didn't think it was fair to the teacher to take her child out of school at random. Though her child may well benefit from "voluntary absences," if they are frequent and done without the teacher's prior approval, they are probably a big PITA for the teacher, and she doesn't need another one of those, I'm sure. I believe the PITA theory is part of the reason the states have been cracking down on absenses. The teachers unions and the educational administration are trying to add new programs, that take more teacher prep time outside of class without adding dramatically to the time teachers spend outside the classroom on school work. Correcting 20 tests, then 20 homework assignments is much more efficient than trying to find all the answer sheets for one kid. Another part of the equation is which kids are allowed to miss school. How "bright" do they have to be? Getting 100%? Passing? One school I volunteered in had a very bright 9 year old first grader. This was her 3rd year. She made it to approximately half the days of school. When she was in school she could do the work the first time, but unfortunately, if it built on stuff she missed she had a tough time. If her parents pulled together and got her to school enough to pass the rest of her grades in one year she would be 20 when she graduated from high school. What are the chances that child will ever graduate? This is the main reason for truency laws. The OP should investigate official part-time homeschooling. |
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