In high school I was one of those few kids that got perfect attendance. I assure you, it was not my choice. I have always been afraid of punishment, however; and if my folks took me to school that's where I was. They knew what to do to get to me. Oh sure, beat me all you want, whatever. But for the love of all things holy don't take away my sports and my music. That, my friends, is how they got me. I could have easily skipped class, but being very unlucky and not at all sneaky, I would have most certainly gotten caught. So, to prevent being deprived of what I wanted, I trudged dutifully from class to class. This is what I like to call "teaching children there are consequences to their actions." Or in short, fear.
Now I don't know if the parents of the child in this article did this or not. We'll call the above story an aside, and leave it at that. The parents in this story, Mark and Margaret Gillan, received a letter telling them that their daughter's attendance was so bad that if it did not improve she would be banned from her prom. Well in their words they were "floored" to read that letter. These parents were not self deceiving, their daughter had passed away in January.
Talk about PR nightmare. I am sorry it seems we forgot your daughter died. Our bad. Somebody lost their job after that fiasco I am sure.
Parents of Dead Teen Get Shocking Letter Momlogic
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OK, so yes. This was a bone-headed error. But the parents "can't forgive" the error. And cue the lawsuit against the school.
On the one hand, I can understand the letter upsetting the parents. On the other hand, this was obviously an unintentional mistake.
My father passed away about 7 years ago and we still get mail for him, it's gonna happen. Its just yet another blow up to get sympathy, attention and money.
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