alt Hacker NewsDoes high school attendance matter for anything? Genuine question. Always seemed like pre-college schooling always wanted you to think everything was more important long-term than it really was.
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It’s needed to get into college and that’s it, which is needed to get your first maybe second job and that’s it, which is needed to…
It goes in your permanent Record Of Achievement! I was always told that this would be very a very important set of documents once I left school, and I am sure that I have no reason to doubt their statements!
Not really, but you can get in trouble for truancy if it becomes a big problem (where I'm from, that was 3 unexcused absences or any absences without a doctor's note after 10. In practice, however, this wasn't that enforced)
Many states pay school districts based on attendance.
Attendance typically correlates with classroom success.
Attendance avoids truancy proceedings.
One of the kids in my elementary school got a hat for perfect attendance through 6th grade.
I've never seen attendance shown on a transcript though, but you could fill some space on a resume with it, especially if you have the hat to show for it.