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Uni absence & school truancy
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Who skipped lectures at university and remembers the days of playing truant in secondary school?
Who skipped lectures at university and remembers the days of playing truant in secondary school?
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but i did play truant quite a lot when i got bullied...plus i was ill, so i went in maybe 2 days a week sometimes...
still managed 11 GCSEs all A* to C and triple distinction in my BTEC
Skipped more than I went first time around at uni
Still manage a few times each class, though most of the professors count attendence as part of your grade, so I keep it to a minimum now
So far of uni, I've missed a seminar because I was throwing up everywhere and I may have to miss part or all of one next week, depending on how my GP appointment beforehand goes.
At college I skipped a good few days, entirely of my own back and rang in for myself.
Didn't do badly in school or college either. 10 A/B GCSE's and DDM at BTEC.
it's like that where I am now. Bit stupid really -like I'm going to go the doctors just to get a note because my stomach is playing up.:rolleyes:
I've only missed 1.5 days so far this year due to medical tests.
I did used to skip a lot of year 7 & 8 due to being bullied and nothing being done about it. (which I got moaned at for:rolleyes: )
Did the whole bunking off school thing as well, used to go to morning registration then run out the back and smoke spliffs all day long and then come back for afternoon registration bombed out of it, good times good times.
I've got something similar too. Most just say they'll drop you a grade or something if missing too many days, or half a grade for every x amount of days you miss. I've got one class this year... 4 days and he fails you!
First year of uni I skipped more than I went to and ended up not understanding the course and having no structure, ended up isolated and stayed in my room all the time except to get food.
Looking back it was a waste of time, but maybe it knocked some sense into me.
Last year didn't miss very many at all, except the pointless imo revision sessions. This year I'm aiming for 100% attendance - not necessarily because the lectures are that good but I'm paying for them and I need the lectures to keep me motivated and not just sit on my ass watching youtube.
I recently gave a talk to freshers about some pitfalls to avoid as a fresher and said the major major thing was to go to lectures, because its just too easy to skip and end up not sure what you're supposed to be doing, or realising that you've not kept up with the course and have no way to feasibly catch up.
I was on day release from college for 4 years, I missed quite a lot of lessons, one of the reasons was one year was on a Monday - college no good after partying with no sleep all weekend - I still passed and ended up with a HNC.