Where education is now so modular it becomes near impossible for the child to catch up on things that they miss – it is the stupidity of parents who demand their child goes off to Ibiza with them rather than think about their offsprings future. The actions of your mother now would result in her being liable for keeping you away from school without a proper, adequate, excuse – truancy, in fact. They are locking parents up for that now.
The government in Britain recently asked holiday companies to not grossly inflate their prices so as to fleece parents durring holiday periods, forcing them into economising by going away in term time… – Nermal