Okay, okay, on second thought, you guys may be right, maybe he was required to be there, or since it was an important event in the family. (red-face)
At first glance it seemed to me to be a lousy excuse, since the lousy teacher gave it such importance, as far as his grade was concerned. And the kid did approval before hand.
I was not thinking clearly this AM.
Sorry.
You posted seconds before I did. Smooch... all is forgiven. LOL!
Apology accepted. Please disregard my spit. I posted without reading the entire thread. On the other hand, mea culpas are so rare around here... spit happens : )