I missed tons of school. I had a horrible anxiety problem. However, I was not a bad student and maintained a 4.0 throughout what HS I completed. It would have been a horrible scenario if my parents were fined due to my ailment.
How To Save American Public Schools Pt. 1
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I'm sorry but there's no room for compromise here. Your folks must pay for your transgressions. It's the ONLY WAY.
Well - that or nuke them from orbit....
Why do you suggest that my parents be punished for illness? Was it not punishment enough that I couldn't go?
I don't consider disease a punishment.
But in any case, I would consider any illness requiring the care of a doctor to be excused absences. One has to be reasonable in that regard.
I also know that the vast majority of "sick" students never see a doctor or medical person of any kind.
Well how do you differentiate between excused and unexcused? For instance, I was unable to see a doctor for years before HS (when I was in HS I saw my doctor very often) simply due to the fear of leaving my home. I was very much agoraphobic and was unable to be treated because of that fact. How do you approach a situation where unexcused absences are not a sign of health but a sign of greater sickness?
I'm certain an appeals process could be developed to deal with such rare cases.
seems like an overly-complicated way of dealing with something that's not really a huge problem to begin with. In the end, for better or worse, it lies with the teachers putting in the work and making an effort to connect in a meaningful way. And the kids have to want to learn.
Threatening big fines to kids that don't show up MIGHT put a few more butts in seats, but they don't want to be there, so you've either set up a big process for no gain, or you've made it worse because the school now has to expend more resources for that student, classes become a little more crowded, and there are MORE students in classes that don't want to be there, so are either just wasting space, goofing off, or actively disruptive...
Threatening big fines to kids that don't show up MIGHT put a few more butts in seats, but they don't want to be there, so you've either set up a big process for no gain, or you've made it worse because the school now has to expend more resources for that student, classes become a little more crowded, and there are MORE students in classes that don't want to be there, so are either just wasting space, goofing off, or actively disruptive...
No. Obviously his parents couldn't control him. They should be fined and then stripped of their parental rights. After they pay the fine.
More and more paperwork, eh? Instead of simplifying the process, you're just complicating more.
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