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I wish attendance wasn't such serious business.
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Re: I wish attendance wasn't such serious business.

genuine anarchist Wrote:
HeartofShadows Wrote:Back in the day it wasn't a big deal.

But now the school gets money based on the head of every kids attendance and literally they are money hungry so that's why they go ape shit over all your attendance.

Back in the day you could skip class entirely and come in for the final exam and whatever grade you made on it was your grade for the class but administration got butthurt because they made money off your heads so that's why they brought up this all this bullshit over whether you show up or not.

How do they make money off of attendance? Just curious, I have a friend who graduated school in the 90s, and she played hooky almost all the time, yet she told me they didn't care. At all. Now, I can't miss more than 9 days a semester, even if the absences are excused. Hell, I already used up one of my "absences" this quarter because I missed 3 classes in the afternoon. That's it. Albeit, it was just to hang out with some friends, but I made up the work, and it was pointless of me to be there if I wasn't going to do anything.

OP, I completely agree with you. School is a fucking waste of time, especially when you've got your homework done for the next 3 weeks, and you've finished your book, and you're not allowed to talk to your friends. What am I supposed to do for the next hour, then? If I were at home, I could pick up another book, work on my website, or do something productive.

Yep back in the good old days but then I guess the district got creative like cut spending on schools with bad standardized test scores and bad attendance and that's where your problem comes from.

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Re: I wish attendance wasn't such serious business. - HeartofShadows - 09-22-2010 01:02 PM

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