<p>Cutting class is pretty much inevitable when you've got no free periods and you don't want your brain to fry. What are some of the best ways you've cut class or went in late without getting caught or punished?</p>
<p>This worked best with my 9th period male French teacher. I would not go to class for 15-20 minutes (40 minute periods). Eventually I'd go to the nurse and ask for a tampon, and a nurse's note because (or so I told her) I wasn't to keen on explaning to my male teacher why I had left class. I'd get to class in time for the last 10 minutes, and the teacher didn't question a nurse's pass. Citing "feminine issues" is a surefire way prevent further questions.</p>
<p>last year i had stayed up until 3 one night studying for a test but totally knew i wasnt ready so i called myself out for that period(i pretended to be my mom on the phone) and that period i randomly walked around the school and kind of hung out in the locker room and the bathroom so i wouldnt get caught by the hall monitor</p>
<p>Lemme see.. I'd cut the first one or two classes then go to the secretary (to be allowed in to the school at all). I'd have msged a friend of mine to take a 'bathroom break.' Of course the FIRST thing they ask you to do is to call your parents (and I've used a lot of excuses to avoid that, I'll mention a few after this) soo I call up my friend and I pretend they're my mother/father. I'd be like "Mom, please explain to them that I had a dentist appointment/cramps/couldn't get a ride/whatever." and my friend would do just that while talking to the secretary. Although you're kinda <strong><em>ed if they recognize their voice. It worked for me with the Arab secretary mostly because we'd talk in English with her usually, but when our 'parents' talked to her, they'd speak in Arabic, which is rougher and you could disguise your voice better in a different language. The Irish secretary was easy to fool too. Just keep the phone a little away from your mouth and pretend to be a very *</em></strong>ed off parent. <-- which is okay, because we paid em thousands in tuition every year (private school), so they can't go around ***ing off mommy and daddy. ;]</p>
<p>Ah, excuses. Lots of em. Don't have anyone to call? Say your parents are traveling then just bring a note to school one day, act nice and pretend you're really sorry AND prepare a friend of yours for a call that might or might not happen (after the note of course). </p>
<p>Car trouble. </p>
<p>My nanny covered for me a few times. ("Yes, yes.. the driver did mention having a flat tire.") </p>
<p>etc.</p>
<p>High School and its small joys. I can't count the number of times I've cut class and did craaazy ass stuff. Good times. </p>
<p>Although my grades suck, so it's not really worth in the long run. ;]</p>
<p>i go up to the teacher and say: "I'm leaving." Most of them just let me walk right out. I don't really leave school, I just sit in the playground or whatever and wave at the teachers as they pass by (some of them come and talk to me for a while)
but i was caught by the principal a few times :@</p>
<p>haha we don't really consider it 'cutting class' per se... but i go to an all-girls school so with the male teachers it's extremely easy to just say you were in the nurses office and they don't ask for passes but if they do we'd just say we forgot to get one</p>
<p>or just ask to go to the bathroom and they'll forget you're supposed to be in the class. or just tell your friend to tell the teacher you're talking to the principal/ in the nurse's office</p>
<p>hahaha the funniest was when i had a meeting with a new GC and i had 2 study halls in a row so the meeting went long and i forgot to check in with the teacher in charge of the 2nd study so she called up to the hall that the GC's office was in and my history teacher answered and came to get me and was like 'mrs x is calling for you... are you supposed to be in my class or something? well here come talk to her' and i was like umm no im not in your class right now and he was like 'oh really i thought you were in this class.. you're not? well come talk to mrs x... you're really not supposed to be in this class?' 'no mr y, i have a study now with mrs x, that's why she's calling to look for me.'</p>
<p>Yeah, another good way to ditch is to talk to a teacher that's cool enough to right up a pass for you to go to your class. You could take the pass then just screw around for a while then go to class during the last 5-10 minutes. Usually works.</p>
That's what I was thinking. I didn't expect anyone on here to do those things, but I guess I was generalizing.
Hmm I guess CCers are part Dracula AND part fugitives. :)</p>
<p>I'm just desperate to transfer out of my hellish university, and this place motivates me and reminds me how *****ed I am -- so I have to work extra hard to even stand a chance against these people. lol. </p>
<p>But they're very cool. I have A LOT of respect for people that manage to juggle wonderful ECs WITH A 4.0 AND like a perfect SAT score. </p>
<p>Yeah, ECs, essay and recs are like the only things I got working for me.</p>
<p>My school is EXTREMELY strict and anal about cutting but I've mastered the art of it without the least reprecussions.</p>
<p>These scenarios only exist in my school:
Nurse - To get to the nurse you need a pass from the teacher. If you don't have a pass, pretend you're in a feminine stituation. Sign in but let the nurse care for others too and prolong the time. Then spend an awful long time in the bathroom. The pass states how long you were there and what time they discharged you, so that teachers know whether you were roaming the hallways after getting discharged. I always go in between classes so that I can be like "Yeah, I just found my period."</p>
<p>Out of Building Class (Cut & Leave school) - Your friend needs to know you VERY well. The secretary will always ask the parent for the child's birthday/social security number/etc. It's always a different question so you should hand your friend your emergency form. If the secretary hears a lot of the noise in the background (made from students), the secretary tells the parent to hang up and let the school ring through to hear the voice message. This is where most students get ****ed.</p>
<p>Diabetes - Excuse to go to the bathroom constantly. "I need my insulin" is pretty spiffy too. </p>
<p>My school's penalty for cutting class is detention during lunch. Except the system always messes up and I had 50 something cuts at some point. 12 of those was for French class and I was like "I. Don't. Take. French." and 8 were on my birthday, and my birthday was a) Sunday and b) I was on a school trip.
And then there were cuts for like missing regents exam day (It's a mandatory NY test thing) but I didn't have regents exams those days...</p>
<p>Anyway, if you have 16+ cuts you can't go to jr/sr prom. If you have 20+ you can't get into any special classes, eg: honours, AP's, 6th major, electives, etc.</p>
<p>That sounds a bit like my school actually, Nixxi. </p>
<p>Yeah, spending a lot of time at the nurse is wonderful if you really want to miss a quiz or something. I've missed more Arabic quizzes than I can count. And presentations. Are they really going to say something if you tell them you've been in a car accident? Yeah, they're going to call you parents. But that's easily covered.</p>
<p>Detention.. they make us clean up the school or help a teacher, etc. I had to scrub window sills once with one of my friends. I think I had a water fight in class or something. Yeah, in math. that was so much fun. so, so worth it. </p>
<p>I used to have English right after my gym class. If we had a quiz or I hadn't done the homework, I would do the homework and then go to the nurse and tell her I needed ice because I jammed my finger while playing basketball or something like that. I would then come to class and the teacher didn't question that I was injured because of the ice pack.</p>
<p>It makes me feel behind even though I'm really not. I like being in class to know that I've experienced every second of it to the fullest. I enjoy the classroom atmosphere.
I'm also regarded as a responsible student and therefore I'd feel horribly guilty if I cut class.</p>
<p>ah. I see. Yeah. I couldn't ever cut pre-cal because I liked my teacher a lot and she reeeeally made us feel horrible if we missed one class. So we'd always go no matter what state we were in. </p>
<p>heh. i'll leave it at that.</p>
<p>anywho, yeah, not a good idea to cut a class like Math. Or any class you're not good at.</p>