Think of as many different alternatives or solutions as possible for the problem. Evaluate the alternatives according to which offers the least physical or psychological harm to oneself and to others, and the greatest benefit. Decide definitely upon one alternative and state your reasons for doing so. You might have missed a surprise test and thus failed the course. You might have left with your friends only to be picked up for a crime you know nothing about.
Truancy can be a ground for suspicion.
You might have gotten into a fight and have been expelled from school. You might have been arrested for smoking pot in the bathroom. You might have had your parents called by a teacher who knows you never cut class. You might have begun an unpleasant argument with your parents over skipping school. As can be seen from the six examples listed above, any number of consequences can flow from the apparently minor decision to cut class.