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[quote=Anonymous]Showing up for school, unless one is sick or has a pressing issue that prevents one from attending school, is an important life lesson. Showing up on time and ready are attitudes and values that are instilled and reinforced by parents who want their kids to succeed in college and in their careers. As a professor for 25 years, I empathize with the previous PP who is also a professor and sees lots of students who just don't show up the week before break. My college takes off the entire Thanksgiving week, and students will still leave before break officially begins. Students who come to class uniformly earn higher grades than students who don't. People like to point out that one kid who never shows up all semester and then aces the final; but this is a true outlier. Also, the way in which we are asked to grade students now encourages multiple lower stake graded assignments throughout the semester over one final exam at the end. This pedagogical model naturally translates into higher grades for kids who show up for class.
OP, you do your kids a disservice by not taking attendance seriously. I consider mental health to be part of health overall, but taking off a day before official breaks and teaching your kid that that counts as taking care of mental health is a farce. [/quote]

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