I am a traveling mom who picked up my kids from school – instead they ride horses
A travelling mother of three who pulled her daughters out of school because she called it a waste of time said she doesn’t want them to become “slaves of society”.
Cassyanne Clark from Kent took Bug, eight, and Bunny, nine, out of mainstream education so they wouldn’t be ‘locked in a box for 18 years’.
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The marketing director and owner of a six-figure business pays £500 a month for two hours of private lessons a week.
Bug and Bunny spend their time taking riding lessons in the countryside and enjoy spending time with their grandmother, who teaches them to cook.
When they’re not studying or doing odd jobs to earn some extra pocket money, the kids get eyelash extensions and acrylic nails, just like their glamorous mom.
Cassyanne told The Sun that negative comments don’t bother her. If haters had the money, they’d do the same.
“I pay £500 a month for home tutoring, they teach two hours on Mondays across all the core subjects and I pay for their hobbies, like horse riding,” she explains.
“They give cooking lessons once a week to my mother, who used to be a chef. She teaches them all different ways to cook eggs, for example.
“They do chores around the house to earn money. And now they are learning how to handle their little brother. They are also learning household and life skills.”
Despite the negative reactions, Cassyanne is adamant that she will “never raise children to be file managers”.
She continued: “In the travelling community, traditionally the girls would be housewives, I don’t even want girls to be that. I want them to thrive and have businesses.
“I want them to be entrepreneurs, I don’t want them to work nine to five to pay for someone else’s life when they could be a CEO themselves.
“I am a Presidential Marketing Director of a multi-million pound franchise operating worldwide. I also have a six-figure aesthetics business and a training academy.
“My children get private lessons, but the people are very closed.”
The glamorous mother also received negative reactions for subjecting her daughters to all kinds of beauty treatments.
“Girls get eyelash extensions, let girls be girls. Now they let boys be girls, so let daughters be daughters,” she said.
I don’t agree that they only get an hour break a day and are allowed to run around. It’s wild behavior that they are in a box in a room for 18 years of their lives.
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“They want to put on makeup, it’s no one’s fault that it’s happening so quickly because of social media, you can’t expect anything less.
And to the haters, Cassyanne said, “I don’t mean to be rude, but if Sally could afford acrylic nails for her daughter’s 10th birthday in the future, she definitely would.
“It’s like people are judging me for getting my breasts done. I can guarantee you they would love to if they could afford it.
“Hateful comments don’t bother me, they don’t pay my bills or feed my kids.
“God forbid something happens to me, then my daughters can say ‘remember when we used to get our nails done by mommy every two weeks and have a pamper night’, instead of ‘my mom would drop me off at the school gate every day and then not see me for nine hours’.
“I have seen a huge change in my children, and for the better, since I took them out of the house.”
‘Trapped in the system’
The businesswoman explained why she decided to take her children out of school.
She said: “Traditionally, girls in the Traveller community would come out earlier anyway, but this is more because children are essentially slaves to society.
“They go to school every day doing the same thing. It’s a tedious job and it’s mostly convenient for the parents to drop them off and pick them up from the house.
“I was able to afford it financially and that’s why I took the girls with me and they work around me.
“I didn’t want them to feel trapped in the system. I wanted them to have some kind of freedom and learn more about life.”
The passionate mother of three also shared that she disagrees with the curriculum and strict school rules.
Homeschooling Rules in the UK
PARENTS can homeschool their children, either full-time or part-time.
If your child is currently in school, you must let the school know if you plan to homeschool him or her.
The school must accept if you bring your child all the time. They can refuse if you want to send your child to school part of the time.
If your child goes to school due to a school attendance order, you must request permission from the municipality before you can teach your child at home.
You must ensure that your child is in full-time education from the age of five, but you do not have to follow the national curriculum.
The council can conduct an ‘informal investigation’ to check whether your child is receiving appropriate education at home.
They can issue a school attendance order if they believe your child should be taught at school.
If your child has SEN and goes to a special school, you will need permission from the local authority to provide him or her with home education.
You do not need permission from the municipality if your child goes to a regular school, even if your child has an education, health and care plan (EHC).
Source, gov.uk
“I don’t agree with them putting their hand up and being told they can’t go to the toilet,” she continued.
“I don’t agree that they only get an hour break a day and are allowed to run around. It’s strange behavior that they are locked in a room for 18 years of their lives.”
The financial entrepreneur explained how she was given extra math assignments at school in a futile attempt to improve herself.
She said: “I was really good at business and art. I would have preferred if they had told me to enjoy my painting and creating.
“And it worked because once I got out of school, I now have multiple businesses and an artistic flair.
“They push you in your bad subjects in the hope that you will improve and meet the curriculum, but what they should really be doing is pushing you in your good subjects, where you can already fly.”
Cassyanne has just given birth to her son JohnnyBlue and the glamorous, traveling mother demands that he too be expelled from school.
“Once my son can read and write and has good social skills, I will take him outside too,” she said.
“My daughters are very, very developed and that is because of the way I talk to them. I don’t make childish jokes about them, they are more my best friends than my children.
“If Johnny falls further behind, I’ll keep him in school. No one wants a kid who falls behind.
“He goes to work with his dad 100 percent, and the next children I have will do the same.”
When asked if the maverick businesswoman would send her children to school if they wanted to, Cassyanne said she would be their “biggest supporter.”
“If they want to go to school, it doesn’t matter to me. If my child wants to go to school, likes it, and wants to be on the soccer team, then of course I’m going to be their biggest supporter,” she explained.
“If my Bug wanted to be a scientist and had to do GCSEs, I would push her and send her to private education and university. If that’s what they want, I will do it.”
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