Posted August 9, 200618 yr The parents of 14-year-old girl who persistently skipped school have been jailed for four months -will that really encourage her to go to school. Some parents do their level best to get their kids to school, others don't give a hoot. If a kid wants to skip school is there any way to stop them. Did you skip school regularly, or if you're at school do you play truant. Whose to blame, the school,the teachers the parents or the pupils? Or are they all guilty. I used to miss the odd class, but never took days and days off.
August 10, 200618 yr I used to truant from about year 9, then regularly in year 10. Sometimes I was doing all 6 lessons. But then I just stopped. I don't really know why I did it in the first place. Just became a habit. It's obviously my own fault I did it, can't blame anyone else.
August 10, 200618 yr well it isnt cut n dry.... there are kids who WILL stop playing truant, there are others who really couldnt give a sh1t, and no amount of pressure will make them attend, in these cases jailing the parents is wrong.
August 10, 200618 yr I used to truant a lot, a lot of subjects such as sciences and RE etc bored the c**p out of me so I would just not turn up and instead go and play on the sloet machines in town or have a kickabout or sit in the field and have a ciggy until lessons I didn't like finished
August 10, 200618 yr Some of my classes had the nastiest people in them. Chavs and bullies. Glad all that's over now.
August 11, 200618 yr It's not really the parent's fault - most truants leave for school and then ditch it halfway there, so the parents don't know a thing. It's unfair to jail them for something they have no control over.
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