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Attendance awards at school are to train us to become good little worker bees working to create billions for our owners, who never take a day off work for something as non-profitable as illness. Every adult I've met has said they feel guilty (or have had to learn to not feel guilty) when they call in sick, even when they are so sick they can't stand up. And when we become disabled or chronically ill and are no longer able to be 'productive' we have to work through feelings of guilt on top of the pain, suffering, and grief of losing our lives.

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I felt so much guilt when I had to call in sick for work. There were times I pushed my body so hard that the paramedics had to be called to my workplace after I passed out at my job.

It’s awful how badly we feel for doing something that we need in order to be safe and healthy. Needing to take a take off because you’re sick shouldn’t be seen as a “failure”, but we are trained to see it that way from a very young age.

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What's your alternative? Kids don't need to ever show up to class? Then why even have school. Let's make it all online because we see how well that served everyone. The Covid generation is going to produce more idiots than in the rest of history combined. Maybe that's what they want. I love how you guys are making fun of people who have perfect attendance. In my view, those people are strong and have a work ethic worth admiring.

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