Who skips a lot?

[Hellosunshine]

My attendence in school has always been really crappy. I am the master of skipping and still doing really well. There was this one class where I only showed up maybe 10 times during the semester and still walked away with an A lol.

I would go insane if I had to come to class every single day. Mental health days are the best.

[millenniumman75]

I never skipped, even with anxiety. I was always afraid of missing something important.

[retropat]

Originally Posted by millenniumman75

I never skipped, even with anxiety. I was always afraid of missing something important.

Same here, though I would love to skip. Unfortunately, going to a small college means its easier for professors to keep track of who comes and who doesn't and my school has a fairly strict attendance policy.

[Cool SAD sufferer]

I only skip if I know in advance that I will have to do a social activity like a presentation.

[Traci]

I was an avid skipper in highschool I'm trying to break that habit now with college.

[zookeeper]

In my first-year university i had a full-year course that was an hour, three days a week, starting at 9am (bad idea). I went a total of 3 times and somehow pulled out an 82%.

My attendance got a little better later on, but only somewhat.

[Banzai]

The only time where I have skipped lessons is when I'm feeling really unwell in which I just forge a note and nobody will notice anything. The only times where I have skipped an entire day of school is usually those of the school term days where you don't even have a proper lesson and my high school used to make us pay £2 (about $3.5) just to wear non uniform (!) so there were quite alot of people who also "bunked" (and since it was the end of the school term, they cant really punish you for having an unauthorised absence).

[JFmtl]

I never skipped school, unless i was very very sick, or had a very good reason

[Catlover4100]

Ever since I was diagnosed with anxiety (8 years old), my attendance was horrible. Last year, I missed more days than I ever have in a single year. I wasn't skipping, persay. I was really sick, but often the illness was caused by anxiety or stress. I've had about 3 weeks of school so far, and I haven't missed any yet!

At my school, unless you have a doctor's or parent's note explaining that you were out due to illness, you can get in serious trouble, with the law even. Every year, the school would send me these letters saying that I didn't receive course credit in x number of classes because of my attendance, and I would write them an appeals letter back explaining my situation and that I had made up the work. Well, they kept sending these stupid letters every year, and I got sick of being harassed. So one year, I sent them back a letter saying that I knew my rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act, and they would be facing a lawsuit if they didn't stop harassing me. I never got another one of those letters again...:-)

[Phoenix87]

I never skipped HighSchool but I skipped University... So much so I was put on Academic Probation. Nothin like adding a big slap of FAILURE to my SA. -sigh-

[Emerald3]

I never really skipped in school, just really dreaded class presentations or anything like that and quietly resented the fact I had to be there. Plus I always thought the one class I missed would be something important.

Now uni is being really strict, with registers and if you miss too many you'll be talked to. Luckily my lecturers now know about my anxiety so we can work around it.

[Kevin Tbh]

They have a 90% attendance policy at my high school. Miss 9+ days and you have to appeal your credit. That includes EXCUSED absences.

Idiotic *******s, if I earn a A and come to class when I want, why should they care?

[Stilla]

At my school the teachers don't care if you skip it's your own responsibility to go to classes but if you miss a certain precentage they will take away your study grant;
= no money = no education = no job = I shouldn't skip school

[KumagoroBeam]

Originally Posted by millenniumman75

I never skipped, even with anxiety. I was always afraid of missing something important.

Me too.
I skip unimportant stuff like sports events and field trips, though.

[Ospi]

I thought this thread was about skipping as you walk xD, I won't explain why I clicked it either.

Never really skipped class during high school, it was only until Uni that I began doing it however it was more due to sheer laziness (and te 3 hour round trip to and from the place) which led to it.

[Judi]

^ I thought that too, and I was gonne reply that I do skip too :/

But I skip regular classes too, it's become a problem lately. But... hm... I have no motivation to go? D:

[pokeherpro]

I skipped a lot when I was in highschool. That's if you can count just not waking up and getting on the school bus as skipping.

[ecotec83]

Skipped highschool once just to say I had done it.
College on the otherhand was a lot different, most of my classes were marked on attendance as well as the course curriculum. In one class 10% of your overall mark was from attendance. Not to mention it helped that I was learning something of personal interest.

[caesarea]

(Sorry, this got super long.)
I skipped school fairly regularly from 7th grade til I graduated. Usually it was over something that was making me anxious (an oral presentation, class project that involved speaking to other people or picking groups/teammates like in PE) but sometimes I just felt so over-extended I couldn't deal with the thought of being around so many people all day and having to deal with those feelings on top of whatever else was bothering me. The only problem with skipping is I'd start worrying about what I had missed and with each day I stayed home it got harder and harder to go back.

I went to the first day of school 2nd semester sophomore year, saw they put me in Speech class, cried through the entire class even though I didn't have to speak yet, and then refused to come to school until they switched me to something else. Even then I went unwillingly, and had a sobbing breakdown in the principal's office before my mom walked me to class. And then the rest of the month I missed at least 2 to 3 days a week.

So basically my high school career was awful. But it could have been worse.

I skipped out of college a bit over 24 hours in, but I probably would have had the same issues there. I'm considering taking classes online since I'm not having much luck on the classroom field.

[SilentLoner]

I rarely skip. I have with classes I hated, but go figure those have always been the classes with "only 2 unexcused abscences or grade drops" rules. Believe me I took advantage of the 2 unexcused days.