[texlok]

>Oh, for God's sake, is this ridiculous or what? Puh-lease, children for generations have been missing school days on Opening Day of baseball season and no one is ready to proclaim the end of civilisation as we know it because of it...

Not to mention Star Wars last year. Also, nowadays, they apparently have this senior skip day in high school where all the seniors skip.

These kids could be doing a lot worse things than skipping school to see Harry Potter, most of which involve drugs or sex.

[BluesDuke]

These kids could be doing a lot worse things than skipping school to see Harry Potter, most of which involve drugs or sex.

And the sad part is - a lot of kids already are skipping and so doing. Which is one predominant reason why I never feel the urge to mount the high horse and rail about they're ditching school!! when I see a passel of kids at the ballpark on Opening Day.

[Don Myers]

"These kids could be doing a lot worse things than skipping school to see Harry Potter, most of which involve drugs or sex."

Well, they do that too.