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Does missing a few days off school hurt?
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With the amount of opportunities to resit your exams should you do badly I would say no. If you can't catch up the others by doing a little extra work at the weekend then you really aren't going to be too bothered about your results anyway.
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Depends what year you're in really...
I'd say it didn't really matter up until y12/13, but then miss a day and you're screwed with the amount you've missed... Saying that a couple of the guys at school who must have only turned up to about half our English lessons in y13 ended up with 6A*'s at A Level... Go figure...
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I'd say it didn't really matter up until y12/13, but then miss a day and you're screwed with the amount you've missed... Saying that a couple of the guys at school who must have only turned up to about half our English lessons in y13 ended up with 6A*'s at A Level... Go figure...
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Yeah I think the 90% attendance mark is fine aswell.
I used to 'mutch' off days when coursework was due in, when I'd basically been too lazy to do it.
I think having a 1-2 days off here and there doesn't do much harm, but when we're talking 3-5 days at a time. Thats when thing's are probably going to get tougher. Some people can catch up a lot quicker than others though.
I used to 'mutch' off days when coursework was due in, when I'd basically been too lazy to do it.
I think having a 1-2 days off here and there doesn't do much harm, but when we're talking 3-5 days at a time. Thats when thing's are probably going to get tougher. Some people can catch up a lot quicker than others though.
No, in fact I would say it makes you a much 'better' person. Only a mindless, souless drone with no vision has 100% attendance. They like to think they're a person, but they're not. It takes someone with character, vision and soul to break from the rules once in a while.
You'll also learn/develop other life skills by doing it.
You'll also learn/develop other life skills by doing it.
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Nothing wrong with taking a day off if you're sick but if you start bunking off it can become a problem. I messed up my GCSEs by taking too much time off, luckily i still got good enough grades to do A-Levels. But that's just me. I got onto a slippery slope of missing work then bunking off more because i was behind.
I managed to get it under control and haven't missed a day of college yet. Plus if you need a reference from the school they will mention your attendance.
I managed to get it under control and haven't missed a day of college yet. Plus if you need a reference from the school they will mention your attendance.
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Depends on the context, going on a holiday in the last week of term when nothing is likely to be done anyway, probably bugger all difference. Missing coursework etc being set, obviously becomes a bigger problem.
That's why it's at a schools discretion as to whether parents can take their kids out of school http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Parents/Schoolslearninganddevelopment/SchoolLife/DG_4016103
That's why it's at a schools discretion as to whether parents can take their kids out of school http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Parents/Schoolslearninganddevelopment/SchoolLife/DG_4016103
I missed a few lessons of French and it messed me over so much that I couldn't follow any lesson afterwards. If my parents disciplined me more, they would have made me catch up and I wouldn't have had a problem. Being 12, though, I didn't bother.
Depends how good you are at the subjects, whether you can learn the material quickly on your own, whether you bother to catch up and probably a bunch of other stuff I haven't thought.
The main thing that got me about skipping school was how it impacts your work ethic overall - every time you miss a day, it seems less important. I ended up with around 40% attendance in upper sixth, and dropped from As to Bs. The main thing that let me down though was coursework, which I had no motivation to do until the last minute.
The main thing that got me about skipping school was how it impacts your work ethic overall - every time you miss a day, it seems less important. I ended up with around 40% attendance in upper sixth, and dropped from As to Bs. The main thing that let me down though was coursework, which I had no motivation to do until the last minute.
Your nervous breakdown will have a bigger effect on your grades, seriously, chill, it isn't that hard.
I just get bothered by certain things.