I KNOW I am being unreasonable but it still stinks

[TheOrigRights]

My son (like most) will be on strike day 5 come the end of April.
I fully support the teachers.
He has had 4 days off sick since September.

My request to take him out of school one day next week to attend a wedding has been declined. I understand that attendance and strike action are completely unrelated, but it does leave me with a slight bitter taste in my mouth to have the importance of attendance explained to me and the impact on his education.

I think they could have just refused the application according to rule bla bla without giving me a lecture.

Just needed to get that off my chest.

I didn't do that, but I can do so. Thanks for the info.

Much appreciated!

That's why I don't ask any more. I wholeheartedly support the teachers and I know they would if they could but I'm not going to put them in that position. I simply say DD will not be attending on DATE, as a courtesy I tell the teacher what we are doing (sports competition) and am incredibly fortunate that we have a good school where they give me the heads up if some work may be needed to complete while off. I don't expect them to do that, I don't ask them, they have always offered. Enjoy the wedding and don't give it a second thought.

I feel the same as you. I support the strikes, but it isn't fair to have one rule for "them" and one for "us". Either it's important that children are in school, or it isn't. I resent being told how important attendance is when their teachers are absent more often than my children.

"I resent being told how important attendance is when their teachers are absent more often than my children"

I think you are badly informed about how bad average attendance is in school these days. the school I'm at is down at 90 %for most years which means the average pupil has missed about 10 days by now not counting strikes.

I'm sure the teachers resent being told how important it was kids are in school whenever possible, except of course when it costs money.

My son has 99% attendance since starting secondary, he is in Y9, we are off to a wedding, their cousin our niece and I am going to call him in sick for one day, I know they wouldn't approve it if I asked, he is also going on a football tour with his team next year and I will do the same then