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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 200494" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>That's really good advice, to avoid unnecessary information especially if it could be misinterpreted and used against you.</p><p></p><p>Example: easy child 2/difficult child 2 was a part-time actress/model/performer during her high school years but for every job a person gets, there could be ten auditions that you don't get. They tried to schedule appointments for outside school hours but sometimes it was unavoidable. No way was I going to admit to the school that easy child 2/difficult child 2 had an audition - that would not only have set tongues wagging in the staffroom, it could have caused ME a lot of trouble when trying to negotiate services for difficult child 1 - I'd met that problem before, when easy child was at the same school as difficult child 1 and I was accused of concentrating too much on easy child and neglecting difficult child 1.</p><p></p><p>So although part of me wanted to shout, "Yay! She's got another audition! And it's for a TV series!" or whatever, discretion was warranted. If a change of clothing was needed, I'd bring it with me and we'd do a "costume change" in the car on the way there.</p><p></p><p>And my note to the school - "Please excuse easy child 2/difficult child 2 from class this afternoon as she has an appointment to attend in the city. We do endeavour to have appointments made for outside school hours but sometimes this is unavoidable." I just let them THINK it was a medical appointment.</p><p></p><p>The one time I was honest - when easy child had a photo shoot one morning during school hours - I got a terse note from a teacher telling me that it was inappropriate for her to be doing "this sort of thing" during school hours. Honestly! She WAS studying Drama as one of her major subjects, it actually was a very interesting session and actually relevant to her studies (as well as moderately lucrative).</p><p></p><p>So keep it short, simple and conservative. This need to not give the school any ammunition that could be used against you as a parent - it's one very good reason for disguising your ID on this site.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 200494, member: 1991"] That's really good advice, to avoid unnecessary information especially if it could be misinterpreted and used against you. Example: easy child 2/difficult child 2 was a part-time actress/model/performer during her high school years but for every job a person gets, there could be ten auditions that you don't get. They tried to schedule appointments for outside school hours but sometimes it was unavoidable. No way was I going to admit to the school that easy child 2/difficult child 2 had an audition - that would not only have set tongues wagging in the staffroom, it could have caused ME a lot of trouble when trying to negotiate services for difficult child 1 - I'd met that problem before, when easy child was at the same school as difficult child 1 and I was accused of concentrating too much on easy child and neglecting difficult child 1. So although part of me wanted to shout, "Yay! She's got another audition! And it's for a TV series!" or whatever, discretion was warranted. If a change of clothing was needed, I'd bring it with me and we'd do a "costume change" in the car on the way there. And my note to the school - "Please excuse easy child 2/difficult child 2 from class this afternoon as she has an appointment to attend in the city. We do endeavour to have appointments made for outside school hours but sometimes this is unavoidable." I just let them THINK it was a medical appointment. The one time I was honest - when easy child had a photo shoot one morning during school hours - I got a terse note from a teacher telling me that it was inappropriate for her to be doing "this sort of thing" during school hours. Honestly! She WAS studying Drama as one of her major subjects, it actually was a very interesting session and actually relevant to her studies (as well as moderately lucrative). So keep it short, simple and conservative. This need to not give the school any ammunition that could be used against you as a parent - it's one very good reason for disguising your ID on this site. Marg [/QUOTE]
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