10/23 is a Sunday correct?

These MTC's run by US Soccer are 2-3 hours long, one day only, within driving distance for those invited(per US Soccer website).

WHy would anyone in their right mind pull their kid out of school?! WTF Larry!!

STARTS on 10/23

Pssst!! Watch the holier than thou...have you NEVER kept your child out from school for something you personally deemed worthwhile or important? If not, it still doesn't make you parent of the year!

Of course if your child is in a tenuous position at school than I guess your concerns would apply (and for those whose kids are doing great...the experience is well-worth it!)

Actually, no I never did. Now the bigger question is did my parenting pay-off for my children or didn't it? Since they are both in their 20's are they still living at home or on their own? Are they finished with school or are continuing to attend? Did soccer influence my decision on what school each child should attend based on offers from some and none from others? Did soccer play a part in our search for college? Did we seek scholarship money or were we approached?

You may want to ask yourself those same questions.....and just so we are clear...an invitation to play or practice with the national youth team had it involved missing school as is the case I can tell you that it would never happen that either would miss school.

If you know anyone who personally knows me I'm confident they would tell you I mean what I say.

I have no idea where your head is at regarding the economy and the problem with graduates finding jobs, but I would sure suggest you all think long and hard. If you think soccer is in anyway the answer than you're smoking better stuff than I am rolling now.

I read the post about parents pulling their kids out of school for this ID camp, let's be honest here, parents pull kids out of school to go on cheaper vacations something I do not understand. You stay in school to learn and hopefully it leads to a good life. Going to sporting events, vacations or any other idiotic trips over school shows you where the head is.

This is similar to the school plan to allow kids to use their cell phones for group learning events, BAD IDEA, kids should not have cell phones in class but instead learn from a teacher.

your kid got invited? wow, that is good. keep it up, maybe in a few years we will see you kid playing on MLS where they earn 60K a year. not for me though. my kid can play, infact there is already a college coach establishing contact but being ignored. i played soccer through college and it was fun but not good combined with getting education. you miss a lot of school on travel and injuries and all. we are going for academic scholarships. good luck with your kid on soccer i have seen a lot of success lately.. how many american players are earning well? let me see? maybe 10?

btw, i forgot to ask. how much did you spend on training and camps to get your kid to play well to get noticed? was it free too? i don't think so, you can include that in your computation for FREE!!!!

doing great as in "in the honors program" where if you miss school you lose out? no soccer experience is worth more than a day in school for me. no, my kid is staying in school.

You think if your kid misses a day or two of school for vacation or activities, that it's going to her your kid. If that's the case your kid has bigger problems in the present and future

What I find fascinating is the support of the child's education v. soccer

It must be a generation gap or two on my part.

you must have missed a lot of school for vacations when you were young. reread your post again. your are giving us a clearer picture on what happens to our kids if we pull them out of school for soccer or vacations. thank you for showing us that we are on the right track.