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[rayzentz AT aim.com]

 You know, I haven't mentioned this before, but I am also opposed to 
cumpulsory attendance policies.   For example, I taught at a reservation 
school years ago, where they instituted a mandatory "f" grade if the student 
missed more than two weeks of school in a single quarter.   It came up 
because there were two students who had missed more than that, and were still 
getting "A"s in all of their classes.   My comment to the teachers involved 
was to the effect that if the students could demonstrate that they knew what 
you wanted them to know, without having to be in your class, then why should 
they have to be there?   Obviously, you are irrelevant, at least to them.
 
Again, I am not always popular with others in my profession...
Ray
 
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