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<p>He was only “missing” for 5-6 days but has decided not to return to finish the semester. (Unless his parents have something to say about it.) This is where “blowing off the semester” is coming from.</p>
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<p>I understand what you are trying to say but the thread was started to draw attention to what can happen when a parent is not able to reach a student. It didn’t really matter if he was on the beach in Aruba or at O-NYC.</p>