Perfect Attendance?

[BadGirl]

Does perfect attendance begin the day that your child enters school? Or does it begin at 1st grade?

I'd love for 5 year old Son to have perfect attendance, but would missing a week of pre-K really do harm to him, and his education? Or will his absence really thwart his being awarded the Perfect Attendance crown?

 

[Beta84]

perfect attendance is pretty hard. i mean they're basically congratulating you for either having the perfect immune system, or your parents forcing you to go to school even if you're sick.

 

[Chasey_Lane]

You can get perfect attendance each year of school... and some for all of middle, or all of high school. I don't consider Pre-K school, but perhaps others will.

 

[vraiblonde]

BG, think about this.

My Humphrey was awarded a scholarship at MIT.
My Jeremiah got a full ride at Duke.
My Beauregard was a National Honor Society student.
Oh yeah? Well my Bubba had perfect attendance!

I mean....really...

 

[itsbob]

Does perfect attendance begin the day that your child enters school? Or does it begin at 1st grade?

I'd love for 5 year old Son to have perfect attendance, but would missing a week of pre-K really do harm to him, and his education? Or will his absence really thwart his being awarded the Perfect Attendance crown?

I just hope when he's 30 years old, he's not working at Burger King bragging about his perfect attendance.

 

[itsbob]

BG, think about this.

My Humphrey was awarded a scholarship at MIT.
My Jeremiah got a full ride at Duke.
My Beauregard was a National Honor Society student.
Oh yeah? Well my Bubba had perfect attendance!

I mean....really...

We're on the same wavelength on this one I think.

 

[MMDad]

Don't even think about perfect attendance. If it happens, great but if it doesn't who cares? When he's 28, with a fresh doctorate, ready to move out of the house, the perfect attendance award and $17 will buy him a gallon of gas.

Perfect attendance doesn't reward any actual acheivement, it just says you were there every day. I work with people who believe everyone should get a raise every year simply because they didn't get fired, but actual performance shouldn't count. Aim higher - honor roll, top reader, highest math scores, star athlete, or something that takes more effort than getting on the bus every day.

 

[BadGirl]

BG, think about this.

My Humphrey was awarded a scholarship at MIT.
My Jeremiah got a full ride at Duke.
My Beauregard was a National Honor Society student.
Oh yeah? Well my Bubba had perfect attendance!

I mean....really...

Yeah, that was a pretty stuid question, wasn't it? Wait! Don't answer

I just hope when he's 30 years old, he's not working at Burger King bragging about his perfect attendance.

I just hope that when he's 30, he won't be living at home, eating my food, and watching stupid movies and playing vapid video games all damn day long. If he's working at Burger King, at least he can bring us home some of those yummy onion rings.

 

[RareBreed]

BG, think about this.

My Humphrey was awarded a scholarship at MIT.
My Jeremiah got a full ride at Duke.
My Beauregard was a National Honor Society student.
Oh yeah? Well my Bubba had perfect attendance!

I mean....really...

My mom is in her 70's and she still brags that she never missed a day of school... ever!!

 

[libertytyranny]

But playing hooky with my mom made for some of my best memories growing up

 

[Baja28]

Does perfect attendance begin the day that your child enters school? Or does it begin at 1st grade?

I'd love for 5 year old Son to have perfect attendance, but would missing a week of pre-K really do harm to him, and his education? Or will his absence really thwart his being awarded the Perfect Attendance crown?

Hey we didn't even have pre-K and look how we turned out...

BG, think about this.

My Humphrey was awarded a scholarship at MIT.
My Jeremiah got a full ride at Duke.
My Beauregard was a National Honor Society student.
Oh yeah? Well my Bubba had perfect attendance!

I mean....really...

Why did you give all your sons dogs names?

 

[MMDad]

My mom is in her 70's and she still brags that she never missed a day of school... ever!!

Is she a billionaire? Surely a millionaire, right?

 

[Beta84]

You'll worry about perfect attendance for so long and then with a month left in 5th grade he'll come down with the flu and you'll have to hold him out for a day. Goodbye perfect attendance

It's not worth stressing over.

 

[vraiblonde]

Yeah, that was a pretty stuid question, wasn't it? Wait! Don't answer

I'm sure Bubba will have better things for you to brag about than perfect attendance.

 

[vraiblonde]

Hey we didn't even have pre-K and look how we turned out...

Now *that* is reassuring!

 

[islandgrl]

My Dad always told us perfect attendance was for kids with no life. He would take us out of school for vacation at least once a year.

My son has missed 4 days this year, 2 because he was sick & 2 before Thanksgiving because I took him out to spend the week with his family.

 

[BadGirl]

But, but, but.....

what about taking him out of school for two weeks straight for vacation?

How wrong would that be?

 

[islandgrl]

But, but, but.....

what about taking him out of school for two weeks straight for vacation?

How wrong would that be?

At his age I would take him out in a heart beat. The memories he makes with y'all on vacation will be more valuable than anything he will miss in those two weeks. If it makes you feel better ask his teacher what they are working on & go over it with him while you're on vacation.

 

[kwillia]

But, but, but.....

what about taking him out of school for two weeks straight for vacation?

How wrong would that be?

I wouldn't blink and eye about doing it while mine was in pre-K or even K... but 3rd grade on I couldn't with good conscience take mine out two weeks straight... one week in elementary school I could do, but not two. But once they hit middle school no way would I ever pull 'em out for a solid week or more. That is face-to-face instruction time and group lessons they'll never get back. It's really not fair to the kid.

 

[MMDad]

I wouldn't blink and eye about doing it while mine was in pre-K or even K... but 3rd grade on I couldn't with good conscious take mine out two weeks straight... one week in elementary school I could do, but not two. But once they hit middle school no way would I ever pull 'em out for a solid week or more. That is face-to-face instruction time and group lessons they'll never get back. It's really not fair to the kid.

But how would your conscience feel?