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\"kids<\/a>The other day my daughter, Nina, got hit with a 24-hour flu bug that had her kneeling over the toilet all morning long. I felt bad for her, and don’t know for sure where she picked it up, but that’s not important. Right now I’m just waiting with bated breath, praying I won’t be the grippe’s next victim.<\/p>\n

What I do<\/em><\/strong> know is I was rarely sick until my kids started attending school. I’m not complaining, mind you — I’m just pointing out a cold hard fact. Before then, influenza was a rare affliction for me. And when I got the sniffles, more often than not it was because I was watching a tear-jerker, as opposed to suffering from a cold virus.<\/p>\n

It makes sense. After all, because kids’ hygiene habits are generally worse than most<\/strong><\/em> adults, they tend to pass bugs back and forth with reckless abandon; it’s basically second nature to them.<\/p>\n

With that in mind, can somebody please tell me how any kid manages to get through an entire school year without missing a single day of instruction? It’s not impossible, but the odds are definitely long.<\/p>\n

The Folly of Perfect Attendance Awards<\/strong><\/h3>\n

They say perfect is the enemy of good<\/a>, but that didn’t stop 20 or so kids at Nina’s 6th grade graduation ceremony from receiving awards for not missing a day of school this year. It’s not as bad as the school district experiment in 2011 with awarding kids $100<\/a> for avoiding truancy. But when did giving recognition for merely making responsible choices of us come into vogue?<\/p>\n

Still, I wonder how so many kids can manage to have perfect attendance. When my kids bring home from school some nasty bug, I tend to contract the same debilitating illness about half the time.<\/p>\n

It strains credulity to assume that kids with perfect attendance, who are in a high-risk environment on a daily basis, somehow managed to avoid contracting a plague of their own at least once during the school year. Then again, maybe these kids have bionic immune systems.<\/p>\n

If you think that’s crazy, Nina’s school also gave a special attendance award to at least one child who had gone — get this — seven years<\/em><\/strong> without missing a single day of school. That’s right; kindergarten through 6th grade. Not one case of the stomach flu. Not one fever.<\/p>\n

Apparently, that kid intends on matching the dubious feat<\/a> of Rock Hill school district students Katelyn Jackson and Kyle Yarborough. They received media kudos for graduating without ever missing a single day of school during their entire 13 year academic journey. How is that even remotely<\/strong><\/em> possible?<\/p>\n

The Bottom Line<\/h3>\n

These kids don’t deserve any honors. If we’re being honest with ourselves, the odds are those kids went to school sick many times over the years — and are probably responsible for directly infecting hundreds of kids who would not have otherwise been afflicted. Taking it a step further, those same kids are also indirectly responsible for getting parents like you and me sick as well.<\/p>\n

While the intentions may be noble, perfect attendance awards encourage some children to attend school when they are sick. Ironically, the end result is many more students — at least those with responsible parents — often end up missing school than they would otherwise after being infected by these contagious kids.<\/p>\n

Think about that the next time your son or daughter begs you to send them to school even though they’ve got a nasty cough, or are running a fever. And if your child just tossed last night’s dinner into the toilet but insists they suddenly feel fine, don’t believe them — they’re not.<\/p>\n

I wouldn’t ever knowingly send my kids to school under those circumstances. I expect you to show the same courtesy to me and my kids.<\/p>\n

Photo Credit: mriggen<\/span><\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

(This is an updated article that was originally published on June 3rd, 2011.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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