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  2. Businesses close, children skip school for 'a day without ...

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    At El Sol Academy in Santa Ana, as many as 50 students will miss a day of school for personal reasons, said Sara Flores, the school's chief student and family support officer. On Monday, 180 didn ...

  3. The pandemic missing: The kids who didn’t go back to school

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    Kailani Taylor-Cribb walks through her neighborhood in Asheville, N.C., on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023. Kailani hasn’t taken a single class in what used to be her high school since the height of the ...

  4. Truancy - Wikipedia

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    In Poland and the Faroe Islands, the first day of spring (March 21) is an unofficial occasion popular among children, who traditionally are truant on that day. [25] In some American high schools, a "senior skip day" may be organized, often without the school's consent. The date for the skip day varies among different schools.

  5. School refusal - Wikipedia

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    School refusal is a child-motivated refusal to attend school or difficulty remaining in class for the full day. [1] Child-motivated absenteeism occurs autonomously, by the volition of the child. This behavior is differentiated from non-child-motivated absences in which parents withdraw children from school or are unable to bring their children ...

  6. List of autodidacts - Wikipedia

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    Sir Terry Pratchett, a writer of science fiction, fantasy and children's books, is quoted as saying "I didn't go to university. Didn't even finish A-levels. But I have sympathy for those who did." Julio Cortázar was a novelist, short story writer, and essayist. Known as one of the founders of the Latin American Boom.

  7. 19 Self-Made Millionaires Who Didn’t Go To College

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    Here are 20 self-made millionaires who didn’t go to college. ... Ralph Lauren dropped out of school and joined the Army. He left the Army in 1964, married Ricky Low-Beer and got a job at tie ...

  8. List of proverbial phrases - Wikipedia

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    He that goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing; He who can, does; he who cannot, teaches; He who hesitates is lost; He who laughs last laughs longest; He who lives by the sword, dies by the sword; He who loves the world as his body may be entrusted with the empire – Laozi, Chinese philosopher (604 BC – c. 531 BC) [11]

  9. Elon Musk blames school for rift with daughter: ‘She doesn’t ...

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    An upcoming biography on Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson says he blames his trans daughter's progressive school for their now nonexistent relationship.