[shillelagh]

I always missed the last couple of weeks of the school year. My mum and dad took me to ireland for the 12th July meaning i used to spend my birthday either on a boat or in ireland. I think i was 15 the first time i had a birthday over here. I'd come back off my holidays just as everyone else where going on theirs.

If its like the last week of the school year like when i went - yes dont see no problem with it seeing as everyone is gearing up to the holidays anyway and how much school work did you do in the last week - it was always school trips etc. I think the problem is when people take the kids out for 2 weeks in the middle of term - and when they come back they disrupt the other kids from learning as they have to catch up what they missed. How many kids though are going to sit down and do school work on their holidays? Could you imagine it taking all the school books in their suitcase and every morning sitting down to do school work sat by the pool. Dont really think most parents will do that - if there is room in the suitcases its for bringing back an extra 200 fags.