The eighth grade class at our school left a couple of days ago for Washington D.C. and will return on Sunday late.
Out of a small class of approximately 120 students, 19 were not able to go because of the cost. Two of mine are in the 19 that didn’t get to go.
As a result, they are left behind to attend school as usual and instead of doing class projects or something fun - they are left to do word searches all day long. When I heard this from the kids, I didn’t believe them really. Then I heard it from the substitute that’s left in charge of overseeing the students all day long.
Wouldn’t it be nice if the school would make an effort to make being left behind not feel so poorly and to not make the parents feel even worse for not having the money to send their kids?
Fortunately one of the boys girlfriends sent him a text today and said it was boring and was SO not worth the massive expense it was to be there. That helped some - but what has helped even more is I’m keeping my kids home!
We might get in trouble for unexcused absences, but I feel my kids can learn more, have more fun and be more creative at home then stuck feeling dirt poor in a classroom doing word searches all day long.
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