This topic really does pi55 me off, the article doesn't state if or what occupation the father has, but assuming he does have an occupation why should hard working parents be reduced to lying because they want a well earned holiday with their family.
I do and will continue to take my children out of school for extra days over the whitsun holiday every year because we want to spend more than a week in turkey together as a family. Both myself and my husband work bloody hard, full time, pay our taxes, are bringing our children up to be educated, well mannered and have good morals. They have been awarded praise by the head for being model peers at school. Both their attendances this year were 98% and 97% respectively.
Fortunately our head has granted our holiday each year, but even if he choses not to I would put up a bloody good fight not to pay a fine for spending valid time together as a family.
Our British children spend more time in education and have less holidays than most other European countries they also start schooling much younger too.
Not all parents can take leave during school holidays and most decent heads will use their discretion for employment restrictions but there are also some very pedantic ones who wont budge.
My choice of holidaying dates have nothing to do with cost its about CHOICE over MY children, Whitsun cost just as much if not more than the summer holidays but we choose then so the children only miss 4 or 5 days off school (tagging it on to a school week), we also visit again during the summer holiday. I am sure there will be some that feel this is terrible but my children's education has not been effected by missing school.
My daughter has just reached her expected grades and exceeded in one by 2 yrs, she also speaks a fair amount of Turkish for her age, my son has reached all his targets and exceeded in 2, one of which was the WORLD...I wander why???.......Rant over sorry for any bad grammar its late and I'm off to kipp and in 2days time will be back home in Turkey yippeee.
markar
