This is about Middle School and Absenteeism

movemetoo
Thu, 23 Jan 2014 10:41:06 +0000

I agree with romani, they have tons of the I don’t give a crap kids at my kids school, and it’s pretty hard for them to separate them from the ones that are just having some bad health luck. But sometimes, the good kids can be on a downword spiral towards don’t give a crap, and they want to try to nip that in the bud. And then, there are the don’t give a crap parents, which is a whole different thing.

The thing that makes me crazy about the attendance thing is the amount of time that they waste IN the school. If I had a dollar for every time my kids have had a class period wasted watching a Disney movie to keep them occupied I could probably pay for a doctor visit with the total. But try to plan a family Disney vacation and the school will flip out over the absences.