I never cared for attendance. If a teacher believes that parents and the the students are diligent I think the teacher should excuse the student absences. When

I never cared for attendance. If a teacher believes that parents and the the students are diligent I think the teacher should excuse the student absences. When I was a kid, my parents would have me skip school on Saturdays (we had 6 day/week classes) to go to the beach, or, go to an important cultural event (day my dad has a business trip to Florence, or Vienna). My teachers knew we were getting good grades and that my parents weren't having us play video games while absent. Whatever it was we were doing was as enriching as school. I believe the teachers have a duty to the weaker kids, but they shouldn't impose those kids controls on the others.