Protest - Absence Policy by Miranda Lee

Protest - Absence Policy by Miranda Lee https://padlet.com/mlee1260/ghvc4omdc17t en-us 2018-04-12 13:50:13 UTC 2023-05-20 04:34:35 UTC hello@padlet.com The Agenda mlee1260 https://padlet.com/mlee1260/ghvc4omdc17t/wish/251149101 Students, parents, and school district administration should band together to change the absence policy to a form that will benefit a majority of the students - even those with extenuating circumstances.]]> 2018-04-12 13:53:49 UTC https://padlet.com/mlee1260/ghvc4omdc17t/wish/251149101 Poem bjohns3391 https://padlet.com/mlee1260/ghvc4omdc17t/wish/251149825 Absence Policy
She's out
He's out
I missed two days
I'm going to fail
Fail school but my grades are good
Pay more money for well time wasted
Parents notes do not count
I was just sick
and out for the count
didn't need a doctor
or to be lifted by a helicopter
that's what the school expects
us to be on our death bed
teachers call out all the time
They don't get fired for being out a few times]]> 2018-04-12 13:55:08 UTC https://padlet.com/mlee1260/ghvc4omdc17t/wish/251149825 Speech abisho2648 https://padlet.com/mlee1260/ghvc4omdc17t/wish/251150293 Absence policy only allows a certain number of absences which not all students are able to do especially if they have a medical condition. If students are prone to getting sick and do not have enough money to go to the doctor all the time they will have an unexcused absence against them. Since the school no longer accepts hand written notes many students are having to make up time or fail all together. If you do not have enough money to go to the doctor then the student will definitely not have enough money to do seat time recovery. The school is not taking into consideration the money it takes to go to the doctor or make up seat time which causes many students to fail year after year.]]> 2018-04-12 13:55:58 UTC https://padlet.com/mlee1260/ghvc4omdc17t/wish/251150293 Message mlee1260 https://padlet.com/mlee1260/ghvc4omdc17t/wish/251157585 The absence policy must be changed to benefit all students.]]> 2018-04-12 14:07:58 UTC https://padlet.com/mlee1260/ghvc4omdc17t/wish/251157585 Targeted Message bjohns3391 https://padlet.com/mlee1260/ghvc4omdc17t/wish/251157839 If you do not do something to change the absence policy you will contribute to the failure of good students. ]]> 2018-04-12 14:08:26 UTC https://padlet.com/mlee1260/ghvc4omdc17t/wish/251157839 Emotional Appeals mlee1260 https://padlet.com/mlee1260/ghvc4omdc17t/wish/251157908 Injustice, guilt, a sense of duty to change what must be changed.]]> 2018-04-12 14:08:34 UTC https://padlet.com/mlee1260/ghvc4omdc17t/wish/251157908 Symbol mlee1260 https://padlet.com/mlee1260/ghvc4omdc17t/wish/251158523 An empty chair - represents the day the student is absent and the chair left empty when they are held back because of absences.]]> 2018-04-12 14:09:37 UTC https://padlet.com/mlee1260/ghvc4omdc17t/wish/251158523 Poster mlee1260 https://padlet.com/mlee1260/ghvc4omdc17t/wish/251159578 Don't let them fail because they have lives outside. Support absence policy reform.]]> 2018-04-12 14:11:30 UTC https://padlet.com/mlee1260/ghvc4omdc17t/wish/251159578 Song bfletc6360 https://padlet.com/mlee1260/ghvc4omdc17t/wish/251161705 I used to let school stress me out

Afraid to stand up and hold my ground

So I sat quietly, agreed politely

I guess I forgot students have a voice

You let us think that we have no choice

So we stood for nothing, and fell for everything

You fool us now, but we come back

Getting our attendance up

You hear our voice, you hear our sound

Voices chanting, gonna shake the ground

You fool us now, but we come back

Get ready cause we’re changing stuff

We see it all, we’re done now

Cause we got a voice that is louder, louder

Using our power

We are the champions, and your gonna fix our school!

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