[BluesDuke]

Oh, for God's sake, is this ridiculous or what? Puh-lease, children for generations have been missing school days on Opening Day of baseball season and no one is ready to proclaim the end of civilisation as we know it because of it...

[StockAyatollah]

Here here! As I have posted before, let kids be kids. If little Jane or Johnny misses one day of school nothing bad will happen to them. Furthermore, if it was one day of a public or a liberal private school the child is much better off.

[JRandomFreeper]

I take the youngest out of school whenever the family has a good reason. Folks (and the school) may not agree with my reason, but I don't care, she's our kid, not the school's. We are very concerned about her education, and she goes to a private school.

It's nobody's business why I'm taking the kid out of school (barring abuse) and if I get quizzed, "None ya" is about the nicest answer anyone can expect. I'm a free adult, I don't have to explain myself to anyone.

/john

[texlok]

>Oh, for God's sake, is this ridiculous or what? Puh-lease, children for generations have been missing school days on Opening Day of baseball season and no one is ready to proclaim the end of civilisation as we know it because of it...

Not to mention Star Wars last year. Also, nowadays, they apparently have this senior skip day in high school where all the seniors skip.

These kids could be doing a lot worse things than skipping school to see Harry Potter, most of which involve drugs or sex.