Kids' Health - Truancy

[AWOL]

http://www.cyh.com/HealthTopics/HealthTo...86&id=1439

Kids' Health Wrote:most kids never do it

Kids' Health Wrote:lot of schools nowadays have very strict rules to stop truancy, not because they want to catch kids out but because they want to keep kids safe and help them to make the most of their chance to learn.

I'm the local slightly pro-school guy, and even I find the content of that site offensive.

EDIT: Oh yeah, I love how they make your confuse truancy with taking recreational drugs:

[Loxor]

This is made of so much fail. Safe? At SCHOOL? I'm not going to get shot at home here (my neighborhood is excellent), yet there are tons of precautions around my school, ESPECIALLY because it's in a terribad neighborhood.

[Rebelnerd]

I love how that quote that kid who went home and thought his house was getting robbed without ever actually saying whether it was a robber. Kids are home alone all the time, what does that have to do with skipping school? Or does the crime rate suddenly drop as soon as the bell rings at the end of the day?


Also, "trew-an-see" is officially a meme.

[McGee!]

"Everyone has days when they don't feel like going to school. Sometimes they pretend to be sick and mum or dad lets them stay home, but sometimes they make plans to meet up with friends or go somewhere alone for the day."
Y'gotta love how telling your parents you're not in school isn't any problem for them...
"The school is not being 'nosy,' they are looking after the safety of children."
And remember not to Duct Tape/Boot n' Nuke your laptop....
"Say trew-and-see"
So you're saying that in school, we don't learn how to pronounce words? What good is that?

[Aviator]

Gag.

Just... gag.

I... they... so... FAIL.

IT FAILS SO MUCH!

MAKE IT STOP FAILING!

[CrayolaColours]

Aviator Wrote:Gag.

Just... gag.

I... they... so... FAIL.

IT FAILS SO MUCH!

MAKE IT STOP FAILING!

I CAN'T!

[Ceiling Cat]

You can, kill it with fire.

[Cosbydaf]

Yes, because nothing says "safe" like cramming 400+ people, most of whom would much rather be somewhere else, into a comparatively small building, and holding them there every week for a daily, 6 hour dose of "SHUT UP DO YOUR WORK WAKE UP GIMME THAT CELL PHONE PAY ATTENTION-".

And don't forget the cops with guns! I feel totally safe and secure and not like a prisoner in a environment of barely veiled madness.

[jose]

Quote:School is like your very best friend.
It helps you learn from beginning to end.
It was school that taught you to read and write.
You don't have to love it, but school's all right.

By Jessica

oh yeah don't forget the part where it makes my parents beat me with a belt for refusing to respect adults who have authority over me and no respect for me and then convincing my parents to kick me out of the house at age 13. and also the part where it made me think about killing myself because there was no escape from it. see? school really is your very best friend and keeps you very safe.

[monkey]

Quote:School, school can be so boring.

Some days I am almost snoring.

So one day I decided to wag

I emptied my schoolbooks out of my bag.

I went to the shops, hanging cool.

And then I saw the Principal.

I tried to hide but he saw me

And called my name before I could flee.

My parents were mad as mad can be.

So don't wag school, don't you see?

By Jesse

Ok that was a bullshit poem if I ever saw one. Why would the school principle be at the mall? That makes no sense.

[CrayolaColours]

...Honestly, I come up with better poems than that.

[LOON_ATTIC]

Cosbydaf Wrote:Yes, because nothing says "safe" like cramming 2000+ people, most of whom would much rather be somewhere else, into a comparatively small building, and holding them there every week for a daily, 6 hour dose of "SHUT UP DO YOUR WORK WAKE UP GIMME THAT CELL PHONE PAY ATTENTION- WHAT YOU WON'T GIVE ME YOUR CELL PHONE!? I AM SENDING YOU TO THE DEANS OFFICE DAMN IT, YOU HAVE TO OBEY, IF YOU DON'T YOU WILL BE PUNISHED, BEING A GOOD CITIZEN IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN BEING LITERATE, BLAH BLAH".

And don't forget the cops with guns! I feel totally safe and secure and not like a prisoner in a environment of barely veiled madness.

Fix'd, and it did happen. So fucking obvious

[McGee!]

jose Wrote:

Quote:School is like your very best friend.
It helps you learn from beginning to end.
It was school that taught you to read and write.
You don't have to love it, but school's all right.

By Jessica

oh yeah don't forget the part where it makes my parents beat me with a belt for refusing to respect adults who have authority over me and no respect for me and then convincing my parents to kick me out of the house at age 13. and also the part where it made me think about killing myself because there was no escape from it. see? school really is your very best friend and keeps you very safe.

School doesn't teach you to read and write. I bet there are at least 27 people on here who taught themselves (excluding unschoolers, who we all know did.)

[The Desert Fox]

McGee! Wrote:

jose Wrote:

Quote:School is like your very best friend.
It helps you learn from beginning to end.
It was school that taught you to read and write.
You don't have to love it, but school's all right.

By Jessica

oh yeah don't forget the part where it makes my parents beat me with a belt for refusing to respect adults who have authority over me and no respect for me and then convincing my parents to kick me out of the house at age 13. and also the part where it made me think about killing myself because there was no escape from it. see? school really is your very best friend and keeps you very safe.

School doesn't teach you to read and write. I bet there are at least 27 people on here who taught themselves (excluding unschoolers, who we all know did.)

*raises hand*