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Topic History of: Parents taking children out of school
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pete |
Charles Moore had some interesting observations on Mr Platt's case in yesterday's Telegraph:
Most parents sometimes want to take their children out, and some grumble if refused; but few invoke “rights”. Mr Platt blames “the state”, but in fact it is a question of the school.
A school is an institution. It has to think of everyone it teaches, and if it considers that the preferences of one parent damages the interests of all, no law must force it to give in to him. You could not give children a decent education any other way.
A footnote to the case is that the child’s parents are estranged. The child’s mother had already taken the girl out of school for a separate holiday, although the school had refused permission and she had not consulted her husband. Was the case more a marital quarrel than a point of principle?
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/04/09/life...hardly-quick-yes-no/
I find myself broadly in agreement with him. |
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Bob |
robbiex wrote:
It depends on how old the children are. If they are in primary school, what are they going to miss, making paint prints from potatoes cut in half, playing with fuzzy felt.
If it's indeed learning about semi colons and question marks and such things, stick 'em in. |
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honey!oh sugar sugar. |
PaulB wrote:
I noticed, in the BBC reports, that they brushed over the key words "without permission' and made it into a story of parents taking children on holiday during school term, in general. A little touch of fake news syndrome, I think.
I think the problem is that permission is at the discretion of the head teacher, and some wont give permission at all, even for family funerals etc.
The bit I dont understand about this case is why,if the father has two children in private schools (who have no restriction) and one in state (who do) why not just go abroad during the state school holidays? He has said it wasn't to save money,so what was the problem? |
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andrew |
robbiex wrote:
It depends on how old the children are. If they are in primary school, what are they going to miss, making paint prints from potatoes cut in half, playing with fuzzy felt.
Gruelling spelling tests also along with basic boring geography and then there is science from text books no practical stuff. |
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PaulB |
I noticed, in the BBC reports, that they brushed over the key words "without permission' and made it into a story of parents taking children on holiday during school term, in general. A little touch of fake news syndrome, I think. |
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