excused

think about everything that you were given an excused absence for during high school - sickness, funerals, college visits. did it ever cross your mind, even in your wildest imagination, to ask for a pass to go hunting? apparently, this is a big thing in country schools... or so i discovered when one of my students told me that each student is allowed one hunting day per year. yeesh. i think that i deserve at least one "movie day" per year...