Child marked absent from school because he had a doctors appointment

Flippyfloppy

purplecow1977 wrote: »

I don't usually mark my roll until end of day. I keep my own list and have a list beside my desk to grab in event of fire. As class teacher, I take responsibility for getting all my class safely out and calling a roll check once safely outside, not firefighters.

I get what you're saying, however roll has to be marked in the morning. Also, what happens if there was an actual fire, not a drill, and you were injured / list was burnt , roll book remained in tact etc. dramatic I know but something to think about

raydator

We'll lot's of reply.
Just to clear some points up.

1) Our doctors is appointment only which you are given a time and date. Yes I could have kept asking for different dates and time until I got one after school, but by then something of nothing could have turned into something which would have required antibiotics.
2) Why should kids who missed an hour or two in the morning be marked absent for the whole day, but yet kids who attend for the roll call and taken out at say 12 for the rest of the day not have a similar applied? Why do they get the award, because there parents played that system you say.. Well I wasn't thinking how can I play the system.
3) I said he was feeling unwell which is out of the norm for him. I never said what if any sickness he had. If he was sick I would not have sent him to school.

You try explaining to a child that based on a technicality he will not receive an award. I have no opinion on other kids and their parents in relation to awards and attendance, all I want is the best for my son.

The school has noted that I had an doctors appointment in his diary and my son was able to receive his award.

lazygal

Children have to learn to deal with disappointment. That's part of learning and life. Not everything is going to work out how he wants it. As for explaining the situation, that's all part of being a parent.

njs030

raydator wrote: »

We'll lot's of reply.
Just to clear some points up.

1) Our doctors is appointment only which you are given a time and date. Yes I could have kept asking for different dates and time until I got one after school, but by then something of nothing could have turned into something which would have required antibiotics.
2) Why should kids who missed an hour or two in the morning be marked absent for the whole day, but yet kids who attend for the roll call and taken out at say 12 for the rest of the day not have a similar applied? Why do they get the award, because there parents played that system you say.. Well I wasn't thinking how can I play the system.
3) I said he was feeling unwell which is out of the norm for him. I never said what if any sickness he had. If he was sick I would not have sent him to school.

You try explaining to a child that based on a technicality he will not receive an award. I have no opinion on other kids and their parents in relation to awards and attendance, all I want is the best for my son.

The school has noted that I had an doctors appointment in his diary and my son was able to receive his award.

Op my child is a lot older than yours and so I have seen alot of different types of parent, none of us do it perfectly and there's no "right way" to be a parent. What I can tell you is that children who are taught that everything will go their way no matter what find life a lot harder.
All you've done is told him that rules don't apply to him because his mum will argue the point even when you are in the wrong. It's not a technicality, he didn't attend school 100% of the time.


Also you clearly do have an opinion on other children and their parents as per your point 2.

Tbh if you think a piece of paper saying he was in school 100% of the time (which he wasn't and so it's literally not true) is the best for your child then so be it. Personally I think educating him that life isn't fair and gracefully accepting not everything can go his way might be a better lesson.

audi12

notjustsweet wrote: »

Op my child is a lot older than yours and so I have seen alot of different types of parent, none of us do it perfectly and there's no "right way" to be a parent. What I can tell you is that children who are taught that everything will go their way no matter what find life a lot harder.
All you've done is told him that rules don't apply to him because his mum will argue the point even when you are in the wrong. It's not a technicality, he didn't attend school 100% of the time.


Also you clearly do have an opinion on other children and their parents as per your point 2.

Tbh if you think a piece of paper saying he was in school 100% of the time (which he wasn't and so it's literally not true) is the best for your child then so be it. Personally I think educating him that life isn't fair and gracefully accepting not everything can go his way might be a better lesson.

Seven pages all started with a post about being marked absent from primary school wow..... First world problems