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Truency

McNizzle said:
This is stupid as hell. For my school if you miss a day you just have to bring a note in to excuse it. No problem. If you miss handing the note in or what never teachers just remind you. I think if you have more than like 10 unexcused absences they call home and situated it.

But, I would know.... I've only missed one school day my whole life.
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Same here. Where I live, if someone misses school a lot, the school just contacts the parents and sorts the situation out. There is no money to pay or court to go to just for truancy. I remember a person who missed 80 days of the 180 day school year, and barely even got in trouble (except failing classes). Where I live, things are more relaxed. :)
 
What the fuck? You have to pay money and go to court for missing days at school?

WOW, that is hilarious.
 
Well, a lot of people have won... without a lawyer.

My friends said for me to plead NOT guilty, then let the judge do his stuff, then I should either ask for a trial by jury or trial by judge. Then state my case, and my record.

If I do trial by jury, then I have a good chance at winning. Because I will mention that I am a good a-b student, and the days I missed were due to me being sick. My mom wrote me excuse notes, but they weren't doctor notes.

If it gets to the point, I will just have my mom get some doctors notes from the doctor at her work and fake it.
 
I am rofling so hard right now. Is this a joke? It's hard for me to even comprehend how ridiculous this sounds right now.
 
Slasher said:
I am rofling so hard right now. Is this a joke? It's hard for me to even comprehend how ridiculous this sounds right now.
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It's not a joke, it happened countless times to so many people when I live in California. What they started doing over here is making us make up time rather than taking us to court. It's because they lose funding when people skip, and they have to get the money back somehow.
 
Serideth said:
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They were like on note book paper, not official doctor notes.

All she wrote was:

"Please excuse tyler sullivan due to illness on the following dates:

xx/xx/xxxx & xx/xx/xxxx"

And she signed it and left her number. I got to get copies of them from the school.

And ya, the school looses funding. They get like 2 or 3 dollars per student, each day.
@Slasher, you don't believe this?
 
Ok let me expand.

If you're old enough to "appear in court on May 4" then surely you''re too old to have your mother writing you notes no?
 
yeah these days mums note mean nothing, you gotta have doctors notes really.... but good luck anyway. the system is a biznitch. i'll pray for you.
 
Craig Fairfax said:
I went to court when I was 12, but mine was for a real offense.
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Whatd you do?

And i dont really skip whole days, i usually skip the class i hate the most, or the rest of the day. But yeah thats kinda how it works, but i dont think our school is as intense on the subject as yours.
 
Tsunaii said:
yeah these days mums note mean nothing, you gotta have doctors notes really.... but good luck anyway. the system is a biznitch. i'll pray for you.
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A parent's note is good for three days, at least in California. I find it ridiculous that Sullivan is going to court for this. Surely those districts have something better to spend money on?
 
my school doesn't do that, the worst thing that i know of (that's happened to me) was that i have missed both skip-a-final opportunities (both to sick days, like full blown flu). You have to have perfect semester attendance, and i have only missed two days, both of which were sick days.

The worst i've heard of is some kids getting expelled, but the kids who never come to school have been offered an opportunity to get half days everyday, just so they will come to school. (mainly so the school's attendance rate goes up)
It's like a reward for failing in life IMO...
 
This going to court for unexcused absences thing is apparently a result of a new law that was passed in Texas recently. Had a chat with my mom who is a teacher and she knew about it. Pretty bizarre if you ask me. Their priorities are most certainly out of whack.
 
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