If the concert was a gift and not contingent on good grades, I'd say take her if she agrees to do all homework assignments for the 4th quarter.
I-I'm just taking things without paying for th... In what twisted dictionary is that stealing?
Willow ,'Showtime'
Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess
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sj - Mar 19, 2019 10:40:30 am PDT #6129 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Jessica - Mar 19, 2019 11:20:39 am PDT #6130 of 30019
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Since you haven't bought tickets yet, I think you can swap out a summer/weekend concert without any guilt.
Also, thanks for reminding me to check Campus Parent, because apparently my 6th grader has only turned in half of his "engagement" assignments this quarter in ELA. (Which is his favorite class EXCEPT for doing the !$%(!!@%! work because he thinks the assignments are dumb. And they might be! But still!)
Jesse - Mar 19, 2019 11:25:51 am PDT #6131 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh Jess -- I'm reading this book and flipped past the references, and there was your DH! He must have quoted from one of his articles.
Jessica - Mar 19, 2019 11:30:23 am PDT #6132 of 30019
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Oh, cool! I wonder if he knows? (It's his birthday today.)
Jesse - Mar 19, 2019 11:31:12 am PDT #6133 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
My boss walked in my office before I had a chance to say -- flea, I think you could fairly do either thing, and that is a shitty situation for you to be in. But I probably wouldn't buy the tickets.
Jessica - Mar 19, 2019 11:51:24 am PDT #6134 of 30019
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Jesse, can you text me a picture of the reference with DH's name in it? I'm curious to see if it was an article or his book.
Kate P. - Mar 19, 2019 11:55:29 am PDT #6135 of 30019
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
My first instinct was to say take her to the concert, but after hearing that the gift wasn't this specific concert, but any concert in 2019, I think it's fine to say that you no longer think it's a good idea to take her out of school for 2 days for this specific show. That seems like an eminently reasonable consequence of not doing her work: having to choose another concert instead that won't interfere with school. (Easy for me to say, I know! I don't envy you having to deliver that message, if that's what you end up deciding to do.)
But, I mean, I also don't think you'd be a bad parent for taking her to the concert anyway.
Laura - Mar 19, 2019 12:05:51 pm PDT #6136 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.
What others have said, I didn't realize it wasn't the specific concert promised as a present. So yeah, judgement call appropriate either way. (so not helpful!)
Jesse - Mar 19, 2019 12:08:06 pm PDT #6137 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Jesse, can you text me a picture of the reference with DH's name in it? I'm curious to see if it was an article or his book.
I will try to remember when I get home! Either way, I'd assume it's a quote he got from one of the relevant players, because those are 90% of the people quoted in this book.
sj - Mar 19, 2019 12:16:42 pm PDT #6138 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
The more parents post here about kids not doing their homework, the more I feel guilty for everything I put my mother through in school and the more I worry about how ltc is going to torture me in school.