Absenteeism in school

I have been teaching for several years now, and this is one problem I have been encountering over and over every year.

Others are really health related and most of these are legitimate reasons why they skip school, I for one have suffered asthma most of my teenage years, it was a terrible experience, my grades were severely affected with constant absenteeism. The role of parents and teachers are very critical in a condition like this. Others lack self esteem due to problems with coping up with the lessons.

There has to be more collaborative efforts between parents and teachers to be done to address the needs of a student who is constantly affected by health issues.

There are several factors however, why students skip school from my experience aside from the ONES who are genuinely unable to attend classes.

Listed below are some of the problems:

1. They are just sickly, every now and then they acquire all forms of illnesses from all aches... (I mean all the aches... headache/stomachache/ toothache, etc.) with doctors med certificates that can be acceptable, but others simply make their parents write me a note... of course if you simply just got it, one can take non-prescription drugs without having to go to the doctor. A parent's note can be acceptable, but if it tends to become a routine, there has to be a much worse scenario.

2.They are so fond of attending all special occasions of their siblings, a relative, a neighbor etc. every time.

3. They slept late, so most of them wake up late. These are mostly caused  by the rapid emergence of technology of all sorts. teacher mode.>>> talk to parents.

4. Too lazy to got to school. teacher mode >>> bring more life in the classroom, give these students challenging responsibilities that will help them bring the best in them.

5. They can't miss their favorite championship game!, They are just not interested in school as they are in these playoffs.

6. Teacher factor. >>> we need a dialogue here! Some teachers just find this hard to accept, but if one is passionate over teaching, there is always a room somewhere for improvement.

I know there are more out there... but as teachers we find the positive out of the messes and indecision we and our students make, we have the responsibility to lead them to believe in school.