Has anyone ever had any problems with college attendance? I just got a letter in the post about an attendance meeting im supposed to have next monday. Apparently I had 77% attendance, but my teachers (some how) never seem to understand the term 'authorised absence'. I've had countless meetings with college staff about my UCAS application (for uni) and I reported all of these with my lectures, but they always seem to 'forget'. My attendance before all that was something like 88%, which in itself is not actually ideal. Truth is, I'm only doing 3 a levels and have bad attendance, while other people are trying to tackle 5 a levels and have pretty good attendance.
The letter wouldnt have worried me if it didnt read 'Failure to attend the meeting may result in your withdrawal from the A Level Programme.' Great! 'Withdrawal' is a bit of a funny word for that. I think they mean kicked out. Ugh, college bureaucracy!
Anyway, thats my boring ramble. Has anyone else ever had problems with attendance?