constantly accepting them, or her for taking advantage of them?
Our county system has a policy that requires a special attendance review committee to pass judgment on whether students absent legally more than 8 times in a semester will receive credit for having taken the course. (Field trips, administratively-authorized absences, doctor’s notes, suspensions do not count toward the eight absences; parent notes *do* count.) Students find out rather fast that we mean business when they are denied credit for a high school course due to excessive absence. On the other hand, I wouldn’t feel “guilty” at all about what happened to that girl. I for one am getting a little bit sick and tired of us being held accountable for things that are beyond our control. It seems as if the “accountability” drive is out to hold “accountable” every segment of the school population but one: the students. Why does the student’s personal accountability never seem to figure into this equation. I feel that as a teacher I must do my best to present material and provide opportun
