Monday, December 9, 2013

Many countries have very poor attendance in their schools, mostly because of transportation. You are very fortunate in our public school system to have free busing.
Today think about your attendance.


Do you feel your attendance effects your grades at Dirksen?

88 comments:

Abby T. 8B said...

I think it does affect your grades because if you miss school, you miss out on notes and everything the teacher said and you'll have to make all your work up.

IanCarlson8b said...

Yes because if you are super later for attendace and show up in 3rd block you are missing half the work that u get graded on.

Lily 8b said...

Yes I believe that my attendance does affect my grades because if you miss an assignment and if it was a summative that's 60% of your grade and you can get a F.

Alexis 8B said...

I don't think attendant's affects your grades at all, I know lots of people who miss school and they still get " A's "

Jasmine C.8b said...

I do feel that attendance effects my grades because if I don't go to school and not do my work then I won't get the points and my grades will drop.

SalS8b said...

My attendance usually effects my grades by a little but just barely since I've missed some days and I get the same grades.

Anthony B 8B said...

Yes I think it effect because if you are not there you wont get any work done.

Khalasia O'Neal:) said...

Yes, I do feel that attendance at Dirksen affects your grades because we get homework almost everyday and we learn lots of new things so when you miss a day you are missing out on info that you need for a test.

ChastityM8B said...

Yes I do believe that attendance affects your grades, because if you miss a lot of days of school you missing out on learning and a lot of work.

Juan A 8B said...

i think it does because it just piles up so its better to get a good attendace going on or it you.will affect

Chloe 8B said...

I feel my attendance affects my grades because if I'm gone or late I'm behind and can miss a lesson. When we review or get homework, I probably won't get as good a grade because I wasn't there to understand.

AmberRouser8B said...

yes I do think that attendance effect your grades because if your late you will miss everything that was done in your classes.

Eric davis-smith 8B said...

I think that attendance does effect your grades because if you do not go to school and you go into space instead then you could miss a lot of learning time.

Veronica A 8B said...

I think that attendance does affect your grades because when you miss a day you miss a whole day of education and then you have to catch up which will leave you behind and will affect your grades.

Angel C. 8A said...

I think attendance does effect your grade because if you miss a day then you miss a day of learning, which effects your learning, which effects your grade on assignments or tests.

Jonathan 8b said...

I think it does not affect our grades because people still get good grades.

keaganMaxwell8B said...

I think attendance is important to my grades because if you are not here to lean you wont gather the materials that you need and it will effect your grades because you wont learn..

Daisy M 8B said...

Yes, I think my attendance does affect my grades because if I miss a day we could've gone over something important and just writing down the notes from somebody else isn't the same as a teacher teaching you the actual subject.

isaiah minton said...

I think that the attendance is effecting the grades I have because I 'm mostly missing school about sometime.

CameronBlackmon (8A) said...

No because if I miss school I am still going to come to school working hard.

Natalie.Morales said...

I do believe my attendance does effect my grades because we learn new things everyday and those things are worth a grade.

tahriq jones said...

I think attendance is important because if your late or absent you could miss a test or something.

KashayG.8B said...

I do think your attendance effects your grades at Dirksen because my friend had missed school for 3days and he was failing 2 of his classes.

lupe 8b said...

I do not feel my attendance effects my grades cause I'm here all the time but it does slow me down a little then i get back on track, unless I'm absent for more than two days it does effect my grades because it slows me down even more.

bernardo 8B said...

In my opinion I think attendance at Dirksen does affect your grades because if you miss one day maybe your class had important notes and if you miss them you can get a bad grade on your quiz.

AdrianR 8B said...

I feel like attendance doesn't affect my grades because I am not at school to do the work and they cant grade me on it.

JazmineGallardo 8b said...

I think that my attendance dose affect my grades because, if I am late to school I might miss some work and have to turn it in late and not get a full grade.

amy lara 8B said...

I think it does affect your grades because you will miss notes and having a lot of homework , and not doing it is really bad.

alfredomorales said...

Yes I do feel that my grades do affect my grades at Dirksen if. I don't come to school cause I miss what I learn.

Payton7B said...

Yes because if you don't have good attendance it will effect your grade entirely.

codybrady 7B said...

Yes I feel that attendance effects your grades. Because if you don't show up for school then you can not do the work for that day. you will get a zero

Jacob P. 7B said...

I think yes because your missing
that days work so your attendance effects your grade.

Brandon s. said...

I think my attendance does affect my grade because you miss everything the teachers teach that day.

Erin L. B said...

I do think my attendance affects my grades. I was absent last Wednesday and when I came back Thursday I missed alot.

Kimberly G. said...

I believe that attendance most definitely does effect my grades, here at Dirksen. If I miss even just one day, I could miss a lot. One day of learning can make a huge difference.

marcus 7 said...

no because if you don't have attendance it can effect your grade

Mei B. 7B said...

No, I don't think that my attendance affects my grades because I'm usually here on time.

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Javon. L 7B said...

Yes, I do think my attendance effects my grade because if your not at school you are not learning anything and then when you come back to school everyone else knows what they have learned but you don't know any of it.

claudiac7b(: said...

I think that my attendance dose affect my grade because I miss out on my class work.

Juan H. 7B said...

This really depends on the work you are going to do like the grade you are going to get on an activity, so if you miss a lot your attendance your grade "will" go down.

Amani A. 7B said...

Yes, I do think attendance will affect my grade because if I am not here than I will not know what is going on.

Carlos 7B said...

I don't think attendants affects you grade because you still get A's.

RubyY6B said...

No I don't think attendants because many people who miss school still have A's

Andre W7b said...

Attendance affects grades because if you aren't at school how are you supposed to turn in your work.

Gaby R 7B said...

I think that my attendance does affect the grades because the missing work and if you forget to do your missing work you don't get points.

Alejandro Torres 7A said...

I think it attendance does affect your grade because you can miss things you need to know like for ISAT, notes, test, and you can have some missing work but can finish because you don't understand.

Keara E. 7B said...

I think my attendance does effects my grades because if I miss a lot of days of school I might have missing work and I have to turn it in late and not get a full grade.

ariana aguirre 7B ;) said...

Yes , I think your attendance will affect because you will miss out a day of learning.

Donte H said...

Yes I think attendance effects your grades because your not there to learn what you need to.

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Roberto Gallardo 7B said...


I think that my attendance do effect my grades because of due to the fact that it can effect my work and my report card.

Monique H. 7B said...

Yes, I do feel my attendance affects my grades because if I am absent, I am missing out on notes to take for an important quiz or test. Some people say it is ok to miss out because when they come back, the teachers give you the notes when you weren't here. That is wrong because you still need a lot to catch up on, and study.

angel.v said...

Yes I do think attendance effects my grade because if I am absent multiple time then I cant do any work and ill get bad grades on that assignment

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briansmith said...

no my attendance does not affect my grades

kylie s 6b said...

UM YES. attendance effects you because if you are late or not even at school you can not learn what the other students are learning and you would not understand what is going on.

Teresa H. 6B said...

I do believe that attendance effects grades, because you can be absent from something important.

IonnaY6B said...

I think it dose affect the grade because if you miss school you don't get grades

adrianp6b said...

I feel that attendance affects my
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dakotahoppe6b said...

Yes I think that attendance effects your grades because if you miss so many days you could have your grade drop.

kyle s. 6b said...

I think yes because your miss out of half the class and you miss important information witch will effect you grades.

jake A. said...

Attendance effects your grade and learning

Andrew P. 6B said...

I think attendance effects your grades because if you miss to much school you wont know what you're doing when you get back to school

Terrence S. 6b said...

I think attendance is everything because if students doesn't learn everything there supposed to, that could effect there grades.



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Angelina D 6B said...

Yes I do think that attendance affects your grades in school because you miss things that could be new and important. When you do come back you may not know what is going on.

DanielM 6B said...

Yes, it does because if your not at school you might miss important things. I had good attendance last year because I only missed 1 day.

JessicaO6B said...

I believe attendance effects your grades, because If you miss days from school you might not learn what your supposed to learn and you might fail the test because of it.

Ruddie B 6B said...

Yes,i think it attendance effects your grades because you could miss tests and new skills that you could have grasped if you attended school.

Ruddie B 6B said...

Yes,i think it attendance effects your grades because you could miss tests and new skills that you could have grasped if you attended school.

GEROIMO A said...

I think it will affect your grades because u will miss a lot of school be in trouble

eduardo6b said...

yes because it effects my grades, like if there is a test you get half off

steven.k 6b said...

I think attendance doesn't effect your life.

katie v 6 b said...

No I do not think that the attendance at our school effects our grades because of the bus system because to me that would be really stupid for the bus ride home to effect your school grades.

Diego T. 6B said...

I think attendance does effect your grade because you can miss important notes that you need for tests.

adesuwa6b said...

If a student in school doesn't have perfect attendance it will effect he/she grade. They wont know what the class did the day he/she was gone. The might not know what to do and he/she can get a bad grade.

jessicaM6B said...

Yes, I think my attendance may effect my grades because if I mess a day of school I might be messing something important at school.

nataliag 6b said...

Yes, attendance does effects my grades at Dirksen ,because I was accent for a week and my grade went down in one class.

Aebony C 6-b said...

Yes I believe that my attendance does affect my grades because if there is a test and it worth 60% of your grade and you miss a day your gone to get a f

ESSEND6B said...

Your attendance does affect your grade because if you have notes to take and you have to take a test and you wont know what your doing.

jordan h 6b said...

I think that attendance will effect you if you need to do you work early then you won't get in trouble that much but if you are late to class you will get in trouble.

Ruby C B6 said...

Yes I think attendance do effects my grade if am absent multiple time then I cant do any work and ill get bad grades on whatever test or quiz we get to do.

AngelR7A said...

Yes I feel that my attendance either effects my grades or makes it better because you need to learn as much as possible so you can pass.

fernando said...


I do think attendance does affect your grade if u miss days but if you get here late I don't think it will affect your grade.

Citlali 6A said...

yes I dose affect my grades because you loose your notes you have to make up your work

brian orozco 6A said...

I Think it does affect your grades because you would miss out on your notes and your school work.

braylee shirley 6a said...

yes because you will not get grads in class.

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