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@upthecreekyetagain wrote:

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@bankhaunter wrote:

My point is why take it out on the other children who were not at fault..By stopping it..

 

Probably because it has been brought home to them that it is simply not sustainable.

 

There will be many good justifiable reasons why a child may take a day off school but no way of judging which absences would not count and which would without an element of rough justice and thereby resentment appearing.

 

They are not taking it out on the other children, not being given something is not the same as having something taken away.

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Of course there are many good and justifiable reasons why a child may take a day off school - there are also no doubt many more not so good reasons why children take time off school.

 

In this instance the school appears to have withdrawn a scheme that encourages good attendance records because on occasion it may not be 'fair' to all the pupils.

 

School prepares children for life and life isn't always fair - I feel for the young lady in this particular case but how has she, or any other pupil, who may be in a similar position gained from the scheme being withdrawn.  More importantly how many more pupils will lose out educationally due to the incentive being withdrawn. 

 

It strikes me that the scheme has been withdrawn to make life easier for the school not better for the pupils - is this the principle on which schools should be run?

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Surely 100% attendance at school should be the norm and not a target to achieve a special treat! Many pupils have impeccable attendance records that they are proud of; having nothing to do with incentive schemes!

I'd suggest good attendance should be expected rather than encouraged! Why would any pupil lose out educationally due to an incentive being withdrawn when all that's asked is that they achieve normal standards?! They may have gained nothing from this being withdrawn and some may feel they've missed out, but as you say "life isn't fair".

It strikes me that the scheme was imposed to make life-choices easier for parents and pupils and not better for the normal expected standards of the school! Are schools to be run on the principle that pupils should only turn up if they have a special incentive to do so?!!!