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SD-777 t1_j9uwqz2 wrote

17, it was either the Army or go with a full ride scholarship, I chose the latter. Scholarship was tuition/books only, so I worked part time to pay for room and board. Lived on campus the first year, then different apartments with roommates after that. Haven't been back home to live since then, but that was a long time ago.

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Linenoise77 t1_j9uw06d wrote

Everyone should, but just treat it like a normal sick day. Its the parent's call.

I don't have to explain why my kid isn't coming in today. "Noise Jr. Isn't feeling well and won't be in". "Ok, cool, think she will be in tomorrow or should we ask for work to be sent home?"

Hell i've called in and said she wasn't going in because we were going skiing or to a ballgame.

If your kid needs mental health days AND sick days enough that you are in danger of falling under attendance mandatories, someone should be looking into it.

I get it, sometimes you just need a day. Sometimes I do. No shame in that. I think classifying stuff as that does more harm than good.

Maybe the better approach here is not being as black and white with attendance when you relate it to how they are performing at grade level.

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ahcira OP t1_j9uvn3i wrote

The vet we've gone to (which we don't really feel comfortable with) said that she might need an x ray & bloodwork or her cough is just a hairball. But I've been giving her hairball gel for a few days and it's not clearing up or getting better and I've paid for a fecal test so I'll take some of her stool in today or tomorrow to get tested and wait to hear what the results are, but I'm just really nervous her cough is going to get worse

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UFumbDuckGaming t1_j9uv9e6 wrote

Same reason why children throws tantrums. To seek your attention. Central Jersey has two of NJ's best colleges (Princeton and Rutgers) A great mix of diversity without crazy rachetness. Entertainment, Food, culture, malls, nature, and still have room to spread stretch out. You also get a little bit of both North and South Jersey culture in one spot... when you are complete, there's no sense of jealousy or seek attention for it. We just sit back and be content. Everyone knows who we are even out of staters. We made a name for ourselves and it's CNJ.

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healthierlurker t1_j9uv97r wrote

I took so many and then transferred to a therapeutic school where I had perfect attendance lol. But if you refused to go to school at the therapeutic school they’d literally come to your house. From middle school to 10th grade I missed an insane amount of school and was homeschooled or schooled in a treatment facility for probably 2 years between 6th and 10th grade. I was diagnosed with severe depression and anxiety at 10 years old and bipolar 1 at 15 though so I legitimately needed mental health days.

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Linenoise77 t1_j9uv850 wrote

Out of curiosity has an actual vet told you he needs x-rays\bloodwork? Or are you just assuming?

I've had stuff in the past with pets where i go down the rabit hole of, "oh crap i'll need this" online, only for the vet to hand me a few pills and say "try this a couple of days and lets see how it goes".

/my stool firmed right up

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