Schooling vs Education

"I have never let my schooling get in the way of my education"- Mark Twain

We told JB's teacher about our up coming trip to France, and instead of being excited for us, she explained to me how important it was that we schedule vacation times for when school is not in session because of all of the content that will be missed when we are gone. I told her we would be happy to make up any missing assignments, read books to catch up etc. I asked if JB could have her assignments ahead of time so she could complete them before we left, and the teacher told me "No" because she doesn't know EXACTLY what she will be teaching on each day. So instead of giving us the assignments early, she will put all the missing assignments in a folder to be completed upon our return. We will "just have to make them up after your fun vacation."

True our vacation will be fun. However, I feel the teacher is missing the point. Jb will practice speaking French, in France. She will eat escargot and pastries and tour the Eiffel Tower.
She will sleep in a castle http://www.holiday1.net/Cristallin.htm,
She will attend a science center based theme park http://www.futuroscope.com/eng/index.php
She will pay her respects at the historic town of Oradour where hundreds were killed in a massacre of World War Two. http://www.secondworldwar.co.uk/ora_tour/oradour.html

Or she could stay home and work on another word search...