If your child is behind on their schoolwork, or has a learning disability, it may be best to not take them out of class.
I'm sorry to take this thread down a different lane.. but I really am bugged about this statement.... and feel the need to address this way of thinking, concerning children with
learning disabilities. (I am strictly speaking of learning disabilities, not physical disabilities.)
Kids that have a LD deserve every right to go on any vacation, just as much as a child that does not have a LD. You see, as a mother of a child with a LD, I see how VERY hard she has to work just to get a bad grade on a test. Yes I wrote that correctly, hard work at getting a poor grade. So some of you may think, well duh, if you take your kid on a vacation, they will have to work even harder at catching back up.... (and sometimes that may be the case, and sometimes not...)
But I will tell you this, my child is only a child for so long... Education will come, albeit slowly in some cases.... but
sometimes a kid, will benefit from taking a break, more than any benefit of knowing how to do a specific math problem, science experiment, and even spelling test. Call it a sanity vacation.
I see the effort my child displays, occasional tears, time spent on explaining classwork, time spent on explaining homework, time re-explaining those things again, stress or tension in the home to complete projects or studying for exams., ect.. It's heartbreaking to see a child, any child at that matter, struggle with wanting to do well in class, and not be able to, no matter what they do. Why wouldn't that child have the same right of going on a vacation, as the child that learns easily?
My daughter, as well as most kids that have a LD, know they have a learning discrepancy. Kids will react differently towards that, some acting out, some dealing with it head on and working twice or more as hard... but regardless of what their LD is or how they respond to it, don't they deserve a break just as much as a child that excels in classes...
Why should my daughter, or any LD child, be penalized from enjoying a vacation, in spite of their LD? They shouldn't. Certainly the OP could not have possibly meant that...
Please don't throw any Easter eggs at me...I'm not trying to troll the thread. I'm not mad at the OP or ruffle their feathers... I tried to as respectfully as possible, point out how absurd it was to say what was said. I understand the OP had the best of intentions, but wish #3 would have been more thoughtfully written.
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