[fabsroman]

Billy,

Libraries can fine you for not bringing a book back, so why shouldn't schools be able to fine students for not coming to class? "Just kidding, but seriously." That is a good movie quote. If you think about it some more, government agencies have plenty of power to fine people. How about the building authority. They can shut down a job and fine a person without a permit because the legislature has given them that power. Essentially, agencies are an arm of the executive branch of authority and are given the power to fine people to enforce things.

At the end of the day, I don't think a school should ever fine a child, or a child's parents, for the child not being in school. The child should just have to spend time in detention.

Classic,

Glad to hear that things went well.

While I am not a big proponent of lying, I think a little white lie in this case would have saved a lot of trouble on your and your sister's part. Like Rainydays, my mom and dad would always say that I was sick when I took off from school to hunt. It just made life a lot simpler.

In the end, schools cannot make exceptions for missing school for hobbies outside of the school system. If it is a school sanctioned sport or activity, kids are allowed to skip class. If schools allowed children to miss class for outside hobbies, I am sure there would be plenty of objectionable stuff being used for missing school and the school system would spend more time figuring out what is acceptable and what isn't and teaching the children will suffer. It would just be extremely tough for the schools to police.