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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I, as an alum, will happily tell you why we are more absentee.

It’s because we are stressed, overworked, not given open study periods to do work or take time for ourselves, and are put in buildings with derelict conditions (I can speak for students who are from a building that has either not been renovated since construction or in years since it last was renovated as I went to two secondary schools that are in this criteria).

The overwhelming amount of stuff we had to do is enough to make a grown adult crack and fold, and because we are seeking relief from the perpetual and pervasive stress and boredom, we don’t come to the place that causes us such detriment to our mental health.

Seniors show a bereftness in motivation as they get ready to move to their next chapter (college, workforce, military, etc…), but from the lack of mental health resources, secondary students feel such noxious anxiety or depression from repeating the same cycle they’ve been in since they were 5, but has altered ever so slightly since they were 11/12 to 18.

If we’re leaving, that’s a symptom of a broken system! [/quote]

The title of the thread says "not due to illness" but the pervasive stress and boredom that come with being chronically under-challenged, bored, and caged causes mental illness. Really, when you include that, there aren't that many absences "not due to illness."[/quote]"Really?"

I read the title and interpreted it as physical illness like the Flu for example.

You took what I wrote and broadened the interpretation of the sub-forum title and made it seem like mental illness is illness, and you are looking for other reasons like "kids doing drugs, having sex, daydrinking, or facing injury" as reasons to skip without being "ill."

What is your problem?[/quote]

If my kid is too tired or doesn’t want to go to school or knows he doing nothing at school that day I let him stay home. He goes to work just fine and when he goes to college next year and is paying some of it he will go too. High school is just a waste of time for him.[/quote]

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