Education and horses...

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Inspired from a post in CR, I'm just interested to know how you all coped with it??

I had A LOT of Wednesdays off for hunting when I was in junior school!!!! I had to lie to most of my teachers but one of them was one of our farmers wives so she would always ask on a Thursday morning, "Did you have a good day yesterday?"
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Because I had so many days off, I had all the "so do you want to work with horses then??" questions, from all my mums "rich" hunting friends, "Noooooooo" I would reply!!!

My parents are very poor compared to their hunting buddies, and I'm doing as well, if not better than their kids are at the moment.

So taking a bit of time out for horses IS GOOD IMO, I think it makes people less rebellious... thoughts and experiences?
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horses keep e out of trouble!
when i did my GCSE's after every exam if i had time spare, would go and de-stress with my old loan pony
but i was always late for school, spending too much time with the pony!
 
lol they do, usually!
unless i'm getting trouble for shouting at the drivers who don't slow down
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well they shouldn't shout back and then i wouldn't have to shout back at them would i?! :P lol
 
LOL!!
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I'm guilty of going up a drive where I'm not really wanted (on a horse)... miserable old bugger should cheer up I think!
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i went through a cemetery once
i as trying a new horse and had no where quiet to hack her out.... seemed like a good idea at the time....i was 114 at the time lol
got some funny looks but some people didn't mind....much
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lol, we walk our dogs in "Sheffield General Cemetery", its supposedly got more dead people in it than anywhere in the country!!
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It's not used now, but my dogs love to have a good sniff around and love hunting the rats!
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I was never allowed time off for horses. I wasn't allowed a horse either though I'm pretty sure my parents could have afforded it.

For 12 years I rode on a weekly basis, and was told if I wanted my own horse to pay for it myself.

I went to be educated in horses at university, I did equine sports science, and it was a huge struggle. For one all my fellow students seemed to have buckets of cash and cars.
 
I never missed school, but went to do my horses every day before and after school. The minute i left school i had to get a job to pay for them as my mum & dad told me it was up to me to keep them. I worked in the office during the day and in the pub on the evenings Fri, Sat & Sun. I showed most weekends and was knakered when i got home but then had to go and do my pub shift. I didn't go on holidays because i spent my whole time with my horses. Most days i was shattered BUT i loved my animals and i never felt more relaxed and loved more than when i was with my animals.

Wouldn't of changed a thing and loved every day of it.
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I think riding horses gives kids confidence in their own abilities, responsibility for themselves and others (the horses), manners (particularly if they hunt) and definately keeps them out of trouble.

I teach a number of kids, and you can always tell which ones hunt! they talk and can be talked to like small adults not like spoilt brats, they ride more positively and actually in a more sensitive manner.

I was only allowed to miss a few days of school for hunting, as a treat, and they were some of the best days i've ever had, and I left school with 10 GCSE's and 4 A levels, hen went on to complete my animal nutrition and agricultural science degree with Honours.... definately did me no harm!!
 
I had quite a few days off to do gates out hunting and PC rallys. I went to "normal school" and the majority of our PC kids went to private schools. The DC always ran the rallies to fit in with their holidays and they were NEVER at the weekend (God forbid). As in PC you had to attend at least 3 rallys to compete in a team or ODE I had to skive off at least twice a year to make sure I could compete....Not fair really.
 
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