Anonymous
Post 08/03/2016 09:44     Subject: DID YOUR DC ever skip class/or school? Did you skip school doing the "stone age"
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Who on earth cares as long as they get stellar grades?
Raise them to prioritize their academic potential and you won't have much trouble with skipping school.
Ironically, in my little corner of MoCo, high schoolers skip classes because they're inundated with deadlines for other classes and stay home to do the work!!!


you can't just rely on grades and "assume" they are learning and mastering the subject. grade inflation now days is off the chart. i don't even know schools give out Cs any more.


I was using shorthand, PP. Any parent should know when their child is phoning it in versus doing all APs and holding down a demanding extra-curricular schedule. And as I pointed out, my concern is more with overworked kids focusing on the Ivy League than with disinterest in school. I find it odd to worry about the latter when the former is really doing a number on the high schoolers I know.

Anonymous
Post 08/03/2016 09:08     Subject: DID YOUR DC ever skip class/or school? Did you skip school doing the "stone age"
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Who on earth cares as long as they get stellar grades?
Raise them to prioritize their academic potential and you won't have much trouble with skipping school.
Ironically, in my little corner of MoCo, high schoolers skip classes because they're inundated with deadlines for other classes and stay home to do the work!!!


This. The results are important. If they can deliver on that, and keep themselves out of trouble, I don't care how they manage their time. My two college-age kids definitely skipped some in high school (both individual classes and whole days), and almost certainly more than the small number of days I actually know about.

My middle schooler has probably skipped classes here and there, but I do not officially know of any full days she has skipped. I *strongly suspect* she has skipped at least two days, but if I am right about that, I know where she was & who she was with, and I approve -- not that I would tell her that, because I do not yet want to set the precedent that I will approve of skipping full days. As far as she is aware, my tolerance for that begins in high school.

If we define "skipped" as "the parents told the school that the student would not be in school that day, and the school considered the reason given to be an unexcused absence" then all of my kids, including my preschooler, have "skipped" a few days due to traveling with us & attending family events.

As for me... I "skipped" class twice in high school with my principal's approval, and actually skipped once by faking my time of the month and spending the class period at the nurse's office. My parents also took me out of 5th grade for a week-long vacation that I think was considered "skipping"/unexcused absence.
Please, help this curious DCUMer out. I cannot think of a scenario where my middle school aged kid skips school and I would approve. I can imagine not flipping out under certain circumstances, but actually approving? Where was she, who with, doing what?
Anonymous
Post 08/03/2016 09:04     Subject: DID YOUR DC ever skip class/or school? Did you skip school doing the "stone age"
Anonymous wrote:Who on earth cares as long as they get stellar grades?
Raise them to prioritize their academic potential and you won't have much trouble with skipping school.
Ironically, in my little corner of MoCo, high schoolers skip classes because they're inundated with deadlines for other classes and stay home to do the work!!!


you can't just rely on grades and "assume" they are learning and mastering the subject. grade inflation now days is off the chart. i don't even know schools give out Cs any more.
Anonymous
Post 08/03/2016 09:01     Subject: DID YOUR DC ever skip class/or school? Did you skip school doing the "stone age"
I skipped a few times back in the day.
mjsmith
Post 08/03/2016 07:17     Subject: DID YOUR DC ever skip class/or school? Did you skip school doing the "stone age"
yeah back in the day. missed a few days of school.....I learned to forge my mom and dads signature. but the dilema I had, my dad was a local cop. so If I skipped school I had to leave town. which wasn't a big deal DE beaches were only 30 minutes away...

have not seen any evidence of DD skipping. but she'll be a junior this year so we'll see
Anonymous
Post 08/03/2016 06:27     Subject: DID YOUR DC ever skip class/or school? Did you skip school doing the "stone age"
I skipped frequently. I also dropped out for a year while abroad. I ended my academic career at 21 as editor of the law review. I don't think the skipping hurt me, and I learned way more in my year off than I would have at school.
Anonymous
Post 08/03/2016 01:13     Subject: DID YOUR DC ever skip class/or school? Did you skip school doing the "stone age"
I skipped junior year of high school to drive to Tijuana from Las Vegas for the day to buy muscle relaxants from the farmacias.
Anonymous
Post 08/03/2016 00:36     Subject: DID YOUR DC ever skip class/or school? Did you skip school doing the "stone age"
I did "senior skip day" in high school with my parents' permission. They were normally very uptight about that kind of thing so I was surprised they okayed it. The only other time I skipped was once when a friend and I walked out a back door before 7th period and went to get Chinese takeout at a nearby shopping center. Skipping overall just really wasn't worth it because I cared very deeply about my grades, as did my peer group (RM IB dorks), and missing class just led to more piles of work to make up and falling behind.

I know my younger brother skipped sometimes because I'd be home from college on break and field calls from the automated attendance line that he wasn't in class, usually after lunch. I just rolled my eyes and never said anything to my parents.
Anonymous
Post 08/03/2016 00:21     Subject: DID YOUR DC ever skip class/or school? Did you skip school doing the "stone age"
Anonymous wrote:Who on earth cares as long as they get stellar grades?
Raise them to prioritize their academic potential and you won't have much trouble with skipping school.
Ironically, in my little corner of MoCo, high schoolers skip classes because they're inundated with deadlines for other classes and stay home to do the work!!!


This. The results are important. If they can deliver on that, and keep themselves out of trouble, I don't care how they manage their time. My two college-age kids definitely skipped some in high school (both individual classes and whole days), and almost certainly more than the small number of days I actually know about.

My middle schooler has probably skipped classes here and there, but I do not officially know of any full days she has skipped. I *strongly suspect* she has skipped at least two days, but if I am right about that, I know where she was & who she was with, and I approve -- not that I would tell her that, because I do not yet want to set the precedent that I will approve of skipping full days. As far as she is aware, my tolerance for that begins in high school.

If we define "skipped" as "the parents told the school that the student would not be in school that day, and the school considered the reason given to be an unexcused absence" then all of my kids, including my preschooler, have "skipped" a few days due to traveling with us & attending family events.

As for me... I "skipped" class twice in high school with my principal's approval, and actually skipped once by faking my time of the month and spending the class period at the nurse's office. My parents also took me out of 5th grade for a week-long vacation that I think was considered "skipping"/unexcused absence.
Anonymous
Post 08/02/2016 23:18     Subject: DID YOUR DC ever skip class/or school? Did you skip school doing the "stone age"
Who on earth cares as long as they get stellar grades?
Raise them to prioritize their academic potential and you won't have much trouble with skipping school.
Ironically, in my little corner of MoCo, high schoolers skip classes because they're inundated with deadlines for other classes and stay home to do the work!!!
Anonymous
Post 08/02/2016 23:14     Subject: DID YOUR DC ever skip class/or school? Did you skip school doing the "stone age"
I graduated in '88. I skipped in middle school one time. No my kids haven't skipped and I don't think they will. It's a different time AND I get a robo call if they were counted as absent.
Anonymous
Post 08/02/2016 22:58     Subject: Re:DID YOUR DC ever skip class/or school? Did you skip school doing the "stone age"
I graduated in 1986. I only skipped twice. once was Homeroom and another time was another elective.


Anonymous wrote:I'm Gen X. I went to private schools. In HS they took attendence every class and called home or work if you skipped so, I never did. My brother went to public HS and skipped a lot. They had a computer generated system that called home but my parents were at work and we didn't have an anwering machine/voicemail so they missed it. My kids are too young to skip but the go to a small private so they likely wouldn't try it because we'd find out.
Anonymous
Post 08/02/2016 22:47     Subject: DID YOUR DC ever skip class/or school? Did you skip school doing the "stone age"
I skipped the last half of school. We were allowed off campus for lunch & I never came back.
Anonymous
Post 08/02/2016 22:46     Subject: Re:DID YOUR DC ever skip class/or school? Did you skip school doing the "stone age"
I'm Gen X. I went to private schools. In HS they took attendence every class and called home or work if you skipped so, I never did. My brother went to public HS and skipped a lot. They had a computer generated system that called home but my parents were at work and we didn't have an anwering machine/voicemail so they missed it. My kids are too young to skip but the go to a small private so they likely wouldn't try it because we'd find out.
Anonymous
Post 08/02/2016 22:29     Subject: DID YOUR DC ever skip class/or school? Did you skip school doing the "stone age"
As we head back to school in a couple weeks. (3 weeks) . Did your DC ever skip class? My DD said she can't skip school because she didn't go to school doing the stone age like I did........
Well I am happy she would never skip school because of that. Did you ever skip and not get caught since our parents couldn't check if we miss one class, like once a year?