Reply #23: thank you. a reminder of this fact is well needed, apparently. [View All]

i know that if i played hookey, for whatever reason, i would have been punished by the school if they found out. and i wouldn't be surprised by the punishment. you play, you pay. i'm sure he knew that ahead of time and yet did it anyway. so then whatever disciplinary action that comes from skipping classes should come as no surprise, nor with any protest.

that said, as a principal i'd be more inclined to a more creative form of discipline, considering i'd be rather glad that the student came back alive. i'd probably give him a few detentions in length working with the parent's job schedule, so that some guardian is keeping an eye on his actions, at least for awhile. also probably a report on the dangers of unprepared travel, how the constitution does not follow you when you travel, and the rates of danger/crime/state imprisonment/etc in the region he so blindly traveled to.