Life Happens

    Another perk?? Can it really be?
    My younger child broke her front tooth over the weekend.  It was a permanent tooth and although she wasn't really in much pain, she was absolutely devastated.  Life happens that way sometimes.
    Did I have to try to plan a dental appointment around a possible missed quiz or test? Did I have to wonder if her class would cover new material and she would be lost?  NO.
    I simply called the dentist first thing Monday morning and accepted the first available appointment.  By noon, she had a new tooth.  She took a nap to sleep off the remaining anesthesia and then did a few lessons.
    Now... I did sent a note to both of the girls teachers to let them know we would be having a "light" day since we would be spending time at a dentist's office.  Both girls did miss an opportunity to attend a "virtual" class with other students. (This is a session where the students and teachers communicate in a virtual classroom. It is mostly teacher led, but it does give the students a chance to interact with each other as well.)
    Did we get a nasty reminder from the school about attendance?  NO... Their teachers wished us well and gave us a few tips on making up the hours.
     Flexibility.. Life happens.. It should not create a ripple effect and more stress for the children.  In our local school, missing one day simply meant missing out.  There was no make up work.  How exactly was the child to understand the concepts that were missed?  I never did figure that out.  They were adamant about not sending work home on the first day.  With this program, the girls missed a chance to interact with others online. Their lessons stayed in the same order.  They were able to just pick up where we had left off on Friday.  
    There are several chances each week and even each day to attend these virtual classes and they are recorded, so the children were able to view the class session later.  Maybe they could not directly interact with the others, but they at least were able to see and hear what was missed.  BONUS.
     So... here we are. It is Tuesday evening, and they have both already "caught up" to the lesson plan I had originally arranged for them.  Hmmm..  It is good.