Should kids be able to skip the last day of school or the entire last week?
“We let them decide if they wanted to go to school on their last day,” Florida mother Patricia Houghton tells Today.com.
Horton, whose children are seven and 12, abandoned the questions in a Tiktok video.
“Would you send your child to school on the last day of school? Do you want your child to school in the last week of school?” Horton said in the video. “I don’t let my kids go to school for the last few days of school. I don’t see the point. Most teachers have your kids at home anyway, at least around this.”
Horton recalls cleaning classrooms as a child during the last few weeks of school.
“I cleaned a lot of desks, and that’s what I did in my last week of school as a kid,” Horton said in a video for Tiktok. “We cleaned our desks, cleaned our classrooms. I was a ‘professional’ cleaning desks. Why was the key to sending it to school during the last few days of school? ”
Horton added, “I’m not doing it with my kids. I’m staying at home, baby. It’s summer time.”
The abundant parents disagreed with Houghton’s opinion on Tiktok.
“I don’t make them. They ask them to go. It’s always fun.” “My kids will be so disappointed if they missed the past few days. Splash pads, movies, field days, auctions. All the days. That’s a fun thing they’ve been waiting for all year round.” “Why shouldn’t your kids help clean up the mess they helped?”
The teacher was against it because of Horton’s point.
“I’m a teacher and I hate when kids miss the last day of school. We’ve been family for months as a class and kids and teachers want to say goodbye, especially for the kids who are farewell.” “I’ve been planning something fun for the last few days. If the kids are at home, they’ll miss.” “As a middle school teacher, thank you!” “My boys stayed at home the whole week. I’m a teacher. I know I don’t want kids this week.” “From a former teacher, you’re right. Those ‘fun’ times are our babysitters. We were finished teaching at that point! Start your summer break early! (please). “I don’t mind either way as a teacher, but I want to know beforehand so I can make sure they bring their items home.” “The last two days are at home. They’re just sitting there. As teachers, we just sat down and watched all three “Madagascar” films. ”
Horton tells Today.com that her child’s grade ended on May 28th, but they both skipped the final half week.
“They took their final exams in the first two weeks of May and their grades were entered last week,” she said, adding that “Awards Day,” “Fun Day,” and “Teacher Appreciation Week.”
According to Horton, she notifies “hardworking” and “sweet” teachers of the child’s absence.
“They always say, ‘It’s been great to teach your kids. I hope you have a great summer,” she says. “It never happens: ‘Oh, no, you won’t come?’ They fully understand. ”
Horton says he has sympathy for his teacher at the end of spring.
“We don’t want our teachers to feel like they’re babysitting at that point,” she says.
On the last day of school, Horton’s children play in the pool at home, staying with their grandparents. Horton says her kids play with classmates over the summer.
“If my kids want to go to school, they’re definitely welcoming to go,” Houghton says. “If they want to stay home, I’m not going to let them sit there and watch school and watch movies.”
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