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Originally Posted by arista
Its not Blind
Rules are made for good reason.
The Child gets proper Education.
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It is blind; not ALL rules are made for good reasons. Some rules are made by idiots, for stupid reasons.
The "rules" for whether or not a child can reasonably miss school should be by and large down to the parents and whether or not they believe their child is likely to fall behind if they miss a week or two of school. Not that this is usually late in the term towards summer when the work is far less involved anyway.
Regardless; I appreciate that some slower learners ARE likely to fall behind and then it might be appropriate for the school to step in, IF that specific child will be significantly disadvantaged.
In short; struggling kids probably will struggle to catch up. Bright kids will have absolutely no problem catching up. If there isn't an
actual problem, then it should be entirely the parent's decision to take their child out of school.
I hate the automatic assumption that the government or the education system "knows best" for children, beyond their own parents. Whilst this is doubtless true in MANY cases (because it's a fact that less intelligent children are likely to have less intelligent parents, a bit of a catch 22 when it comes to being able to make a good decision in a situation like this) that absolutely does not justify tarring all parents with the same brush by law and making 100% school attendance mandatory, even when a break of a week or two would have zero impact on education.
This country is edging ever close to a culture where children are raised by "childcare professionals" from birth - nursery before they can even talk, straight to pre-school, straight to school 5 days a week - whilst their parents work every hour of the day. Passing off the entirety of their child's education and upbringing to "the authorities", and increasingly even their babies from 6 months into minimum-wage-staffed baby farms. It's a mess. The school system should be there to provide a SERVICE to me, as a tax-paying parent, to provide a passable level of basic education (as that's all kids really get at primary schools and most high schools). I'll take care of the rest. They are not my child's guardians.