[Starboard]

LOL!!!!! Great (if not brilliant) comment.

Back in the day not showing up was not an option. Short of a verifiable emergency you had better not miss a day of school. Nowadays, attendance seems to be optional.

[scooby321]

We used to have a School for people who did not show up and had excessive absents, also the state paid only for student who was in attendance.

I bet that's isn't the same.

[huckfillary]

Detroit kids are onto something. Public school’s a waste of time. Every parent in every school district should be urged to keep their kids home until the public school system collapses.

[Night Hides Not]

Back in the day not showing up was not an option. Short of a verifiable emergency you had better not miss a day of school.

I remember taking a Friday off from school during my senior year...I had a 3.8 that year, my B was in calculus. My mom had me go with her to help out with something. Later in the day, she got a call from the school, as they received a call from one of their staff.

That was over 40 years ago.

No, I didn't get in trouble, as I rarely missed a day. My freshman year, I was out for a week with the flu. I doubt I missed a combined 10 days the other three years.

Also forgot that I technically graduated after the fall semester, thanks to taking summer school classes all four years. I took electives for the most part: cooking, typing, etc. I didn't coast my senior year, taking calculus, physics, chemistry, and civics.