Originally Posted by
bigcountry
Folks since we have a nice quorum here, figured it might be good to rephrase this question.
I have a feeling the original poster got his required fill from opinions.
So what about it the son wanted to go ice skating with his father? Or snow ski? Or go see a concert? Maybe even attend an art gallery with his father. List of activities could be endless. Or is hunting the only place you would let him skip?
Sounds like a good question. So would these all "out of classrooms, life lessons" justify skipping if the student kept up his homework? How much would a student have to be caught up? Straight A's? A few B's and C's?
You sure seem worked up about this. Tell ya what, I'll raise my children as I see fit and you do the same. If people decide to pull their kids from school it's their business.