The little Angry dude isn’t here again today. His mom called this morning and said that he fell out of bed and broke his ankle, so they had to take him to the doctor. She wondered if he did it on purpose.
Seriously, folks. There’s a point where you stop blaming the fourth grader for not wanting to go to school, and look at what might actually be going on. Come on!
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I took a call this afternoon from a parent who received a court order to appear regarding her daughter’s truancy. She said “I know she had missed some school earlier in the year but she hasn’t missed any lately. She’s been there every day.” I was the only one in the office at the time so took down her number for someone to call her back. Then I asked who her daughter’s teacher was. And the woman, I kid you not: turned around and said, “[insert daughter's name]! Who’s your teacher?”
Yes, school is in session today. And her daughter is not here.
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March 7, 2008 at 9:36 am
Man, too bad you’re not permanent there. Sounds like you’d get a wealth of stories for a best-selling expose of our public education system.