Originally Posted by ColorfulSunburst:
would you like if your assistant many times leaves her work earlier than usual just because she wants to go to each sports games of her child?
I used to work as an elementary school teacher and I was not able to attend a lot of my daughter's elementary school events. Just because of having the same kind of event with kids of my classes.
My opinion: to need and want to are not synonyms. You want to attend 100% of your kid's game, but you do not need to. And your kid doesn't need it either. Also, it can be a good lesson for your kid too: not each of our wishes going to happen.
I already miss so many school events in my childs' life, I refuse to miss out on everything.
Luckily for me, I have a job where I can make my own schedule
