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Staying home=Illegal.
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linkidoo
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Staying home=Illegal.
I'm the kind of student that stays home, a lot. I usually fake being sick and have the day off. But last Tuesday I was actually sick. But it seems these frequent sick days have been taken notice by the (dick)head of discipline in my school at the wrong time, when I was actually sick.
He came into my english class yesterday and told me to come with him into his office. This teacher is the cocky guy who loves a fight, but barely loses his temper. I sat down and listened.
"I see that you have been away for quite a while, Damian."
"Yes, I've been pretty sick."
"Have you got an excuse to why you've been away for two Tuesdays in a row?"
"I had a bit of a flu, the cold weather gets me."
"Your saying you've had two flu's in two weeks?"
"No, I'm saying I was sick yesterday with a flu."
"So what's your reason for staying home last week?"
"I've already given a note for why I stayed home last week."
"Look, I don't want excuses. We know what's going on. All we're doing is worrying that your missing out on too much work. Staying home is illegal. Your truancy will hurt your learning process, do you understand?"
"Sure, I understand how important school is and will try to come much more frequently." (SARCASM ALERT)
"I see you coming today has opened your mind to be more intelligent. Coming more often will help you even more with intelligence like the rest of your classmates."
As you can see, my teachers are so full of shit they have become shit themselves.
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The Apathy
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Re: Staying home=Illegal.
If he bothers you again just tell him to stick some corn up his ass. There's nothing he can legally do to really hurt you.
Who am I? That is irrelevant.
What am I here for? That will become apparent.
You can call me Apathy!
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kylemw13
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Re: Staying home=Illegal.
Based on the " discussion" it sounds to me like this guy had already had something shoved up his ass that morning.
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Re: Staying home=Illegal.
kylemw13 Wrote:Based on the " discussion" it sounds to me like this guy had already had something shoved up his ass that morning.
omg, really? What was the object inserted in this guy's anus?
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Re: Staying home=Illegal.
kylemw13 Wrote:Based on the " discussion" it sounds to me like this guy had already had something shoved up his ass that morning.
This much sounds plausable. In fact, it sounds more like he has had a rod up his ass all his life, and it is such a part of him if you pulled it out it would kill him.
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You should try and find some alternative schooling, then invest in a cloning device so no more innocent children have to go through this.
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I have a 3.9 GPA and I'm in the top 5% of my class, not to mention in all of my honors and AP classes I get either the highest or one of the highest grades -- and I normally stay home 40-45 days a year. 
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Re: Staying home=Illegal.
I'm glad that you all agree that this guy (or whatever it is) is a complete fuckhead.
@Freak: You have completely proven how staying home doesn't effect the "learning process" at all. In fact it probably gives you more understanding on life.
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linkidoo Wrote:I'm glad that you all agree that this guy (or whatever it is) is a complete fuckhead.
@Freak: You have completely proven how staying home doesn't effect the "learning process" at all. In fact it probably gives you more understanding on life.
Schools don't care about the learning process.
When you don't come to school, they lose money. That's what they care about.
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Exactly. When I learned that, I raged with the fury of a thousand suns.
An it Harm None, Do What Ye Will
An it Harm, Do Only What Ye Must
Lighten up! This life was made for experimenting, making mistakes, falling on our faces, and standing up to do it all over again.
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I was homeschooled and dealt with similar crap from random people. Usually, it was just "Why aren't you in school today?" and my mom would explain that I was homeschooled. One time, a store clerk responded "Well that's an excuse" (about being homeschooled).
And I think the whole law is bull shit. No one should be required by law to go somewhere 35 hours a week. It should be up to them to decide, not the law.
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Swift Wrote:Schools don't care about the learning process.
When you don't come to school, they lose money. That's what they care about.
This.
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The "object" was probably a brick, inserted sideways.
The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced.
- Frank Zappa
I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure.
- Clarence Darro
Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.
» I would like to live in Manchester, England. The transition between Manchester and death would be unnoticeable.
- Mark Twain
When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.
- Eric Hoffer
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Linkidoo: I don't necessarily prove that point; I can learn without going to school often, but many others can't.
But it should be a personal choice to attend school, and if anyone argues, "What if this person fails during high school they'll ruin their lives," they obviously should understand that you always have options: one of them is to go back to school (not high school, but to college with a GED or equivalent). Besides, we should have a society that's more open to adult learning, anyways.
Not to mention we should have more schools that fit different styles of learning, but of course! That would require the US Government to focus on education and not bombing the Middle East.
It's very stupid, our Cold War mentality has not dissipated since the Cold War ended. Eventually, we're going to stop being a militaristic nation.
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