This Father's Letter To His Kids' Principal After Taking Them Out Of School For The Boston Marathon Is Going Viral
Response
Dear Madam Principal,
While I appreciate your concern for our children’s education, I can promise you they learned as much in the five days we were in Boston as they would in an entire year in school.
Our children had a once-in-a-lifetime experience, one that can’t be duplicated in a classroom or read in a book.
In the 3 days of school they missed (which consisted of standardized testing that they could take any time) they learned about dedication, commitment, love, perseverance, overcoming adversity, civic pride, patriotism, American history culinary arts and physical education.
They watched their father overcome, injury, bad weather, the death of a loved one and many other obstacles to achieve an important personal goal.
They also experienced first-hand the love and support of thousands of others cheering on people with a common goal.
At the marathon, they watched blind runners, runners with prosthetic limbs and debilitating diseases and people running to raise money for great causes run in the most prestigious and historic marathon in the world.
They also paid tribute to the victims of a senseless act of terrorism and learned that no matter what evil may occur, terrorists can not deter the American spirit.
These are things they won’t ever truly learn in the classroom.
In addition our children walked the Freedom Trail, visited the site of the Boston Tea Party, the Boston Massacre and the graves of several signers of the Declaration of Independence.
These are things they WILL learn in school a year or more from now. So in actuality our children are ahead of the game.
They also visited an aquarium, sampled great cuisine and spent many hours of physical activity walking and swimming.
We appreciate the efforts of the wonderful teachers and staff and cherish the education they are receiving at Rydal Elementary School. We truly love our school.
But I wouldn’t hesitate to pull them out of school again for an experience like the one they had this past week.
So this letter is going super viral. Everyone everywhere is posting it. And I agree, cool letter by the dad. If they did the Freedom Trail then the kids probably did in fact learn more than they would have sitting in class and prepping for another standardized test so that they can get the school more funding.
But even more than the dad’s letter, the principal’s letter is the story. Are you kidding me with that shit? If I took my kids on vacation and the principal sent me a condescending letter about how I’m raising my kids then I’d kick in the door to that lady’s office and slap my nuts right on her table. Get the fuck out of here with your stupid ass name, Rochelle. Don’t tell me what I can and can’t do with my children. When they’re physically inside of the school, you can be in charge, other than that keep your opinions to yourself. They missed a few days, not a fucking semester. My dad used to let me skip elementary school all the time. We’d go to games, go skiing, go on vacation, all that shit. And look at me now! Doing jusssssst fine. Eat that, Ms. Marbury.