Holidays abroad - or lack of them, impact on child

ohreally

maman wrote: »

I can only imagine they have wealthy partners.

All of them!

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Jagraf

ohreally wrote: »

My work often takes me into schools. Recently, visiting a primary, the teaching staff were arriving, you should have seen the way they were dressed, all wearing what appeared to be v. expensive clothes, shoes and hand bags. An individual commented to me its like a bloody fashion parade. They all appeared in competition with each other.

The car park was full of BMW's and range rovers. This was a primary school in a deprived area facing constant council cut-backs.

A world away from the kids they are teaching.

Blimey I never notice what my DD teachers wear or what car they drive! I have no idea of their personal circumstances and would never judge them by that.

Very often its the wealthy who are understated. It could all be on credit.

Jagraf

ohreally wrote: »

All of them!

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Location:
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Salary:£34,888 per year

You don't buy Armani suits and drive range rovers on that salary.

Marisco

Voyager2002 wrote: »

Has your child ever been to Scotland or Wales, since technically these are foreign countries?

Haven't read all the thread, but this is exactly what I was thinking.

Slinky

Haven't read the whole thread but this reminds me 40 years ago of a friend being told off because the brief for our art homework was to draw a tree in your garden. She (still) lives in a house with a small garden and no trees, so she drew a tree from a local park. The teacher was obviously clueless. It appears nobody in our class lived in a flat....


Some people just don't think things through.

Sneezy

We went on holiday to France when I was 2/3 but I don't remember it, every holiday up to being 13 was in this country and its because of that, that we are such a close family (sleeping in a touring caravan does create fab memories!). We've been on three family holidays abroad and whilst they were good, nothing beats being in a car in this country and driving to a different location.

I hope to repeat the same when I have my own family. Holidays abroad are fantastic to take in history, culture etc but not when a child is young.

TBeckett100

Jagraf wrote: »

You don't buy Armani suits and drive range rovers on that salary.

I guess their husbands have better paid jobs though

carmina_piranha

Gigglepig wrote: »

I guess my approach would have been to try to solve this myself and try to give the child this confidence - before going to the teacher. A child will look to their parent how to deal with that other people have different circumstances, whether they take it in their stride or feel belittled - seems like a learning opportunity. I also would not be complaining about fairly trivial things like homework assignments, but that's just me. Anyway like i said, I think the teacher responded badly and completely understand if OP wants to take the complaint further.

It depends on the teacher and the child, I suppose? Mine is a worrier, but would be happy if I said I'd write a note for the teacher to explain that we'd done it about somewhere he hadn't visited. I know one child who would literally worry herself sick all weekend though, have sleepless nights and be ill for school on the Monday. If I were her mum I'd just quickly clarify with the teacher that it's okay to do the homework about somewhere they haven't been.

At my son's school the teachers come into the playground at home time, so 'a quick word' is easy and not a big nuisance to the teacher unless you are the sort of parent who catches them for a quick word every single day.

I can't do that anyhow, I only pick him up twice a week and rarely need to speak to his teacher. I have confidence in her, and I know that she won't upset or belittle a child for not having been abroad.

Jagraf

TBeckett100 wrote: »

I guess their husbands have better paid jobs though

Or they buy second hand suits and lease their cars. I quite like teachers looking smart it gives an air of professionalism.

Homeownertobe

Presumably 'this sort' of school (mainly middle class families) has brought untold benefits to your son, so it seems a little churlish to complain that you don't fit in with the norm when one downside turns up.