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Absolutely not. As a kid I never missed a day of school unless I was extremely ill, and as a teacher I get really pissed off when parents pull their kids out for vacation. It would have to be a seriously extreme and unusual circumstance to pull my kids out. Not only does it negatively affect your kids, but if they go to a public school chances are the school's funding is tied to student attendance.
One of the schools where I sub actually has a rule that if your child is absent for an unapproved reason (i.e. anything other than an illness), the teacher may not send missed work home. The theory is that when parents know their child has no way of making up the missed work, they will choose not to take him/her out when it isn't necessary. Sadly it doesn't work and kids are constantly out on vacation anyway.
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i have to say i never thought if it in the point of view of rae.....but my initial reaction when i read the question was yes i really dont think its a problem what if the flight is cheaper, what if the holiday has learning experiences too, what if it just suits the family..... i do not really see how a couple extra days off is going to make such a difference to my childs education....
sorry rae......
From a teachers POV, its so frustrating. I had one student tell me a month before that she was going to be out, and then just show up the day before asking where her work was. I have no idea what I'm doing in a month. I have over 100 students. She was then out for a whole week, and I was expected to accomodate her schedule and reteach her whenever she was available.
I hate it when parents and students assume its our responsibility to help them make up the work. You chose to be out. You can figure it out. I'll give you the assignments, but I'm not going to waste my time going through the lessons.The other students and families value their time in the classroom enough to actually be there and learn. Hire a tutor, or pay me to tutor.
Being out because you are sick or because of a family problem is totally different.
I want to add, that I don't find a few days here or there. That is not a big deal. But if you choose to be out, you shouldn't be upset when I can't reteach it to you afterschool.
OR...oh man, I hate this...when students actually try to stop the current lesson and tell me they don't get it because they weren't there...and then get mad because i wont reteach it right there.
i have to agree. because my dad worked for the airlines we all had the privilege to fly for free. this meant a lot of very impulsive trips while i was growing up. like, waking up one morning to find mom packing a suitcase and telling me to go pack mine because we were leaving in 2 hours. they didn't usually take place during the week, but it did happen. my grandmother was sick for most of my 2nd grade year, so we were constantly flying down there for a week or two. it wans't exactly a family emergency, more like spending as much time possible with grandma before she passed. i have just as many memories of frequent random trips as i have of doing my homework on airplanes. i never had any problems catching up.
i feel that there is a good amount of importance in family bonding and experiences outside of the classroom.
I'm not a teacher but this is exactly what I think. The school year (and school days) are so short to begin with, I wouldn't want to pull my child out. A day before winter or spring break I would probably do, but not a week in the middle of the year. That's just poor planning, IMO.
I don't know H's p.o.v. on this though, strangely enough. I should ask him sometime.
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I guess I feel the need to clarify my opinion...
I don't have a problem with a few days off, or the tail ends of the vacations...
but I definitely don't agree with missing more than one or two days for vacations. I guess when I think "vacation" I think of at least a week.
Kids have a week off at the holidays, a week off in february, and a week off in april...in addition to two months AT LEAST in the summer. There's no reason why trips can't be planned in that time.
This is how I feel also. They are only in school 170 days out of the year. I can see your guys point of view because I can imagine how frustrating that would be. I would NEVER expect a teacher to personally teach my child what they missed if they were gone for a vacation. If I pull them out, I will either teach it or hire a tutor. lol.
I answered no, because 9 times out of 10, I think vacations can and should be planned around vacation time that is already alloted. This is how my family rolled, and we had great vacations.
Taking a day or two before or after a vacation, if it's because of a cheaper flight or whatever, not a problem.
If we were presented with a vacation opportunity that was once in a lifetime, and educational, I'd do it without a second thought and make sure the teacher(s) knew well in advance, get the work, and have my child complete it before we go.
When I think of times we missed school for a vacation, we were taking long weekends to go visit my great-grandparents in Maine, or college hunting for my brother, which also turned into a trip to Gettysburg.
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