‘A very grumpy mummy’ writes by email:
We keep hearing about people not wanting to pay their private school fees.
You could afford that fee to begin with.
Government schools, from what I can gather, will be losing approximately 17 school days.
Is the government going to give you a rebate on those days or rather deprive your child of the much-needed mid-year school break during June after which your child will go back to school refreshed and ready to tackle the life-changing end-of-year exams?
Private, small and home schools, are losing approximately 10 days.
My child is in a small private school and I know from experience, as my child is sickly, that I have always been able to go into the school and request the missed school work and have been told don’t worry we will ensure your child will meet the syllabus requirement by the end-of-year exams.
“Less stress on you, less stress on your child”.
So why would I ask for a reduction of my school fees when my child will be more than prepared for the end-of-year exams?
We have already been sent the curriculum for the second term, along with instructions for both my child and myself.
I have been offered multiple choices when it comes to help in understanding topics.
I have chosen to leave it to the experts, at my child’s request.
My child is a 75-80 per cent aggregate for the past three years.
Teachers are teachers for a reason.
So for 10 days out of the 200 school days you are creating this drama.
Teachers/schools work on a yearly basis, not a daily one.
In creating this drama, for 10 days out of 200 school days, you are not only jeopardising your child’s teacher, but the entire school staff.
Teachers, teaching assistants, admin staff, ground staff all work throughout the year ensuring the school is maintained. The school and curriculum has to be maintained, the classrooms, the grounds, the bathrooms, the sick rooms, the offices. After all, do you want your child to return to school with cobwebs on their tables, a jungle for a sports field, a swamp for a pool?
Now ask yourself, all this for 10 out of 200 days?
Pay your school fees.
