In the last academic year, pupils across England missed more than six million school days through unauthorised holidays.
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Honestly, these articles infuriate me. Not one single sentence on the fact the airlines, holiday companies etc...are allowed to put prices up to extortionate amounts during holidays. Instead, let's frame it as parents vs schools.
Sorry, but see this a bit differently.
That's market forces - supply and demand etc. Companies are in business to make money and those that are summer sun based only have a limited fairly window of opportunity to make the real money that keep people in jobs etc.
Does missing a week matter in the overall context of education? Of course it doesn't, but there are rules in all kinds of walks of life that people don't like but have to obey.
TBH the mother's argument is weak and smacks of self entitlement.
Of course primary age children simply *must* experience Egypt. Nope, they won't care as long as they're having fun and there's plenty for them to do.
I know I've deliberately broken the rules but I don't see why I should be punished is nonsense. Nope, break the rules and take the consequences.
And yes, some kids who've missed school will become lawyers. But I'd wager that more will grow up following their parents lead in just doing what suits them because they want to….this attitude for many will spill over into other walks of life. And there are plenty of self entitled lawyers….its about values, not achievement.
TBH I suspect this is more about what the parents wanted and finding a way to make it happen.
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