Truant - definition of truant by The Free Dictionary Truant - definition of truant by The Free Dictionary Related to truant: play truant tru·ant 1. One who is absent without permission, especially from school. 2. One who shirks work or duty. adj. 1. Absent without permission, especially from school. 2. Idle, lazy, or neglectful. intr.v. tru·ant·ed, tru·ant·ing, tru·ants To be truant. [Middle English, beggar, from Old French; see terə-1 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] truant (Education) a person who is absent without leave, esp from school adj being or relating to a truant vb (Education) (intr) to play truant [C13: from Old French: vagabond, probably of Celtic origin; compare Welsh truan miserable, Old Irish trōg wretched] ˈtruancy, ˈtruanting n 1. a student who stays away from school without permission. 2. a person who shirks or neglects his or her duty. adj. 3. absent from school without permission. 4.

neglectful of duty or responsibility; idle. 5. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a truant. v.i. [1250–1300; Middle English < Old French: beggar < Celtic; compare Welsh truan wretched, wretch] tru′ant•ly, adv. I will have been truanting you will have been truanting he/she/it will have been truanting we will have been truanting you will have been truanting they will have been truanting Past Perfect Continuous absentee - one that is absent or not in residence 2. offender , wrongdoer - a person who transgresses moral or civil law Adj. absent - not being in a specified place truant noun 1. absentee , skiver (Brit. slang), shirker , dodger , runaway , delinquent , deserter , straggler , malingerer She became a truant at the age of ten. adjective 1. absent , missing , skiving (Brit. slang), absent without leave , A.W.O.L. Neither the parents nor the truant students showed up at court. verb 1.

absent yourself, play truant , skive (Brit. slang), bunk off (slang), desert , run away , dodge , wag (dialect), go missing , shirk , malinger , bob off (Brit. slang) In his fourth year he was truanting regularly. play truant stay away from school, be absent, truant , skive off (Brit. informal), bunk off (Brit. informal), not go to school She was in trouble over playing truant. truant neiti į pamokaspamokų praleidinėjimaspraleidinėti pamokas bastotājskavētājs B. VI (Scol) → hacer novillos , hacer la rabona (fig) → ausentarse (from de) truant [ˈtrʊənt] n (Scol) to play truant → marinare la scuola truant (ˈtruənt) noun someone who stays away from school etc without permission. The truants were caught and sent back to school.

stokkiesdraaier تِلْميذ مُتَغَيِّب избягал gazeteiro / malandro záškolák der/die Schwänzer(in) pjækker κοπανατζής novillero popitegija فراری از مدرسه pinnari enfant qui fait l'école buissonnière תַלמִיד מִשתַמֵט गैरहाजिर रहने वाला učenik koji izostaje s nastave iskolakerülő pembolos skrópari (scolaro che marina la scuola) 無断欠席者 무단 결석하는 학생 pabėgėlis, pravaikštininkas (skolas) kavētājs; bastotājs kaki ponteng spijbelaar skulker ; skofter wagarowicz د مدرسی نه فرار یا تښتیدل gazeteiro chiu­lan­giu прогульщик zá

školák, ulievak špricar begunac sa časova skolkare เด็กหนีเรียน okul kaçağı 逃學者 учень, що прогулює уроки; прогульник بھگوڑا người trốn học 逃学者 ˈtruancy noun Truancy is a great problem in some schools.

stokkies draai تَغَيُّب عن المَدْرَسَه бягане от училище malandragem / vagabundagem / vadiagem chození za školu die Schwänzerei pjækkeri σκασιαρχείο , κοπάνα novillos , ausencia no justificada de un escolar popitegemine مدرسه گریزی koulupinnaus absence non autorisée (d'un écolier) בְּרִיחָה מִבֵּית הַסֵפֶר अकारण गैरहाजिर रहना izostajanje s nastave, markiranje iskolakerülés, lógás pembolosan skróp (il marinare la scuola) 無断欠席 무단결석 pamokų praleidinėjimas, neatėjimas (į pamokas, tarnybą), pravaikšta (skolas)

 kavējums, bēguļošana perbuatan ponteng sekolah het spijbelen skulk wagarowanie د مدرسی نه تښتیدل gazeta absenţă nemotivată прогул záškoláctvo špricanje bežanje sa časova skolk การหนีโรงเรียน okuldan kaçma 曠課，逃學 нехтування школою; прогул بھگوڑاپن sự trốn học 旷课，逃学 play truant to be a truant and stay away from school etc.

He was always playing truant (from school).

stokkies draai يَتَغَيَّب عن المَدْرَسَه بِغَيْر إذْن бягам от училище gazetear / vadiar chodit za školu schwänzen pjække κάνω κοπάνα hacer novillos poppi tegema از مدرسه فرار کردن pinnata faire l'école buissonnière לִברוֹחַ מִבֵּית הַסֵפֶר नागा करना izostajati s nastave, markirati iskolát kerül, lóg membolos skrópa marinare la scuola ずる休みする 학교를 무단 결석하다 neiti į pamokas, praleidinėti pamokas kavēt skolu ponteng spijbelen skulke ; skofte wagarować له مدرسی نه فرار کول fazer gazeta a chiuli (de la şcoală) прогуливать занятия chodiť po

za školu, ulievať sa špricati bežati iz škole skolka หนีเรียน okuldan kaçmak 逃學 прогулювати школу کام چھوڑ کر بھاگنا trốn học 逃学 Truanted - definition of truanted by The Free Dictionary Truanted - definition of truanted by The Free Dictionary Related to truanted: played truant tru·ant 1.

One who is absent without permission, especially from school. 2. One who shirks work or duty. adj. 1. Absent without permission, especially from school. 2. Idle, lazy, or neglectful. intr.v. tru·ant·ed, tru·ant·ing, tru·ants To be truant. [Middle English, beggar, from Old French; see terə-1 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] truant (Education) a person who is absent without leave, esp from school adj being or relating to a truant vb (Education) (intr) to play truant [C13: from Old French: vagabond, probably of Celtic origin; compare Welsh truan miserable, Old Irish trōg wretched] ˈtruancy, ˈtruanting n 1. a student who stays away from school without permission. 2. a person who shirks or neglects his or her duty. adj. 3. absent from school without permission. 4. neglectful of duty or responsibility; idle. 5. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a truant. v.i.

[1250–1300; Middle English < Old French: beggar < Celtic; compare Welsh truan wretched, wretch] tru′ant•ly, adv. I will have been truanting you will have been truanting he/she/it will have been truanting we will have been truanting you will have been truanting they will have been truanting Past Perfect Continuous absentee - one that is absent or not in residence 2. offender , wrongdoer - a person who transgresses moral or civil law Adj. absent - not being in a specified place truant noun 1. absentee , skiver (Brit. slang), shirker , dodger , runaway , delinquent , deserter , straggler , malingerer She became a truant at the age of ten. adjective 1. absent , missing , skiving (Brit. slang), absent without leave , A.W.O.L. Neither the parents nor the truant students showed up at court. verb 1. absent yourself, play truant , skive (Brit.

slang), bunk off (slang), desert , run away , dodge , wag (dialect), go missing , shirk , malinger , bob off (Brit. slang) In his fourth year he was truanting regularly. play truant stay away from school, be absent, truant , skive off (Brit. informal), bunk off (Brit. informal), not go to school She was in trouble over playing truant. truant neiti į pamokaspamokų praleidinėjimaspraleidinėti pamokas bastotājskavētājs B. VI (Scol) → hacer novillos , hacer la rabona (fig) → ausentarse (from de) truant [ˈtrʊənt] n (Scol) to play truant → marinare la scuola truant (ˈtruənt) noun someone who stays away from school etc without permission. The truants were caught and sent back to school.

stokkiesdraaier تِلْميذ مُتَغَيِّب избягал gazeteiro / malandro záškolák der/die Schwänzer(in) pjækker κοπανατζής novillero popitegija فراری از مدرسه pinnari enfant qui fait l'école buissonnière תַלמִיד מִשתַמֵט गैरहाजिर रहने वाला učenik koji izostaje s nastave iskolakerülő pembolos skrópari (scolaro che marina la scuola) 無断欠席者 무단 결석하는 학생 pabėgėlis, pravaikštininkas (skolas) kavētājs; bastotājs kaki ponteng spijbelaar skulker ; skofter wagarowicz د مدرسی نه فرار یا تښتیدل gazeteiro chiu­lan­giu прогульщик zá

školák, ulievak špricar begunac sa časova skolkare เด็กหนีเรียน okul kaçağı 逃學者 учень, що прогулює уроки; прогульник بھگوڑا người trốn học 逃学者 ˈtruancy noun Truancy is a great problem in some schools.

stokkies draai تَغَيُّب عن المَدْرَسَه бягане от училище malandragem / vagabundagem / vadiagem chození za školu die Schwänzerei pjækkeri σκασιαρχείο , κοπάνα novillos , ausencia no justificada de un escolar popitegemine مدرسه گریزی koulupinnaus absence non autorisée (d'un écolier) בְּרִיחָה מִבֵּית הַסֵפֶר अकारण गैरहाजिर रहना izostajanje s nastave, markiranje iskolakerülés, lógás pembolosan skróp (il marinare la scuola) 無断欠席 무단결석 pamokų praleidinėjimas, neatėjimas (į pamokas, tarnybą), pravaikšta (skolas)

 kavējums, bēguļošana perbuatan ponteng sekolah het spijbelen skulk wagarowanie د مدرسی نه تښتیدل gazeta absenţă nemotivată прогул záškoláctvo špricanje bežanje sa časova skolk การหนีโรงเรียน okuldan kaçma 曠課，逃學 нехтування школою; прогул بھگوڑاپن sự trốn học 旷课，逃学 play truant to be a truant and stay away from school etc.

He was always playing truant (from school).

stokkies draai يَتَغَيَّب عن المَدْرَسَه بِغَيْر إذْن бягам от училище gazetear / vadiar chodit za školu schwänzen pjække κάνω κοπάνα hacer novillos poppi tegema از مدرسه فرار کردن pinnata faire l'école buissonnière לִברוֹחַ מִבֵּית הַסֵפֶר नागा करना izostajati s nastave, markirati iskolát kerül, lóg membolos skrópa marinare la scuola ずる休みする 학교를 무단 결석하다 neiti į pamokas, praleidinėti pamokas kavēt skolu ponteng spijbelen skulke ; skofte wagarować له مدرسی نه فرار کول fazer gazeta a chiuli (de la şcoală) прогуливать занятия chodiť po

za školu, ulievať sa špricati bežati iz škole skolka หนีเรียน okuldan kaçmak 逃學 прогулювати школу کام چھوڑ کر بھاگنا trốn học 逃学 truant | Definition, meaning & more | Collins Dictionary ME < OFr, beggar, vagabond < Celt, as in Ir trōgán, dim.

of truag, wretched Example sentences containing 'truant' There was an added dimension to the intimacy with the noise outside of people having a day while we played truant in bed . Robert Wilson BLOOD IS DIRT Watching a solitary Volvo backing out neatly - surely not someone playing truant ? Low, Ona TO HIS JUST DESSERTS "Because he's a truant Prince ," yawned Mogget, walking up and stretching on his back paws to look ahead . Garth Nix LIRAEL: DAUGHTER OF THE CLAYR Broker reached for a cigar and they lit up like two truant kids . Chuck Logan ABSOLUTE ZERO Trends of 'truant' Translations for 'truant' British English: truant NOUN A truant is a pupil who stays away from school without permission.The parents of persistent truants can be put in jail.

Brazilian Portuguese: aluno que mata aulas Chinese: 逃学者 European Spanish: estudiante que se ausenta de clase sin autorización French: élève absentéiste Italian: chi marina la scuola Japanese: 無断欠席者 Portuguese: aluno que falta às aulas Spanish: estudiante que se ausenta de clase sin autorización Truant | Define Truant at Dictionary.com truant a student who stays away from school without permission. 2. a person who shirks or neglects his or her duty. adjective absent from school without permission. 4. neglectful of duty or responsibility; idle. 5. of, relating to, or characteristic of a truant. verb (used without object) 1250-1300; Middle English < Old French: vagrant, beggar < Celtic; compare Welsh truan wretched, wretch Related forms 2. idler, shirker, layabout, loafer, malingerer. Dictionary.com Unabridged Examples from the Web for truant Expand Historical Examples Little Aliens Myra Kelly He was a man grown, not a truant child to be led away by the ear for punishment.

The Doomsman Van Tassel Sutphen One of our truant officers went to a poor home to find out why a boy who lived there had been absent from school for several days. But that, in her delight at recovering her truant, Martin did not notice. Hoodie Mary Louisa Stewart Molesworth Lunch was lingering in the dining-room, left there for the truant Mr Hickson; but of the children or Ruth there was no sign. Ruth Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Ernest Linwood Caroline Lee Hentz They have even gone so far as to ascertain that William was no truant lord to willingly desert his lonesome lady. British Dictionary definitions for truant Expand a person who is absent without leave, esp from school adjective being or relating to a truant verb truancy, noun Word Origin C13: from Old French: vagabond, probably of Celtic origin; compare Welsh truan miserable, Old Irish trōg wretched Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd.

1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Word Origin and History for truant Expand n. early 13c., "beggar, vagabond," from Old French truant "beggar, rogue" (12c.), from Gaulish *trougant- (cf. Breton *truan, later truant "vagabond," Welsh truan "wretch," Gaelic truaghan "wretched"). Cf. Spanish truhan "buffoon," from same source. Meaning "one who wanders from an appointed place" is first attested mid-15c. The adjective is recorded from 1540s. Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper truant - definition of truant in English | Oxford Dictionaries Definition of truant in English: truant A pupil who stays away from school without leave or explanation.

Example sentences ‘But she wonders if ministers quite understand the real world when she hears ideas such as head teachers' issuing fixed penalty notice fines to truants ' parents.’ ‘Maybe the authorities should put some structures in place, like perhaps a truant officer to accost these truants.’ ‘In most cases, children who are truants end up in the criminal courts and move on to become repeat offenders, unless something is done to look at why they do not want to go to school.’ ‘The school collaborates with a charity to inspire and re-engage underachieving pupils and chronic truants.’ ‘In secondary schools, 3,345 of 20,966 pupils skipped classes - with truants missing an average of 13 half-days.’ ‘A police crackdown on school truants in the north-west area seems to be making progress.’ ‘If they were encouraging genuine truants back to school then I would be entirely supportive.’ ‘Numbers of truants are so high education social workers do not have the resources to spend a lot of time with all the families involved.’ ‘Known truants were staying in school and had been deterred from leaving school grounds.’ ‘We know that 4,

048 students were reported as long-term truants last year.’ ‘Some education officers were also encouraging parents of truants to deregister their children from school, so they could meet new government targets for increasing school attendance.’ ‘Learning mentors will work with primary schoolchildren, who are deemed at risk of becoming truants.’ ‘Plans to jail the parents of persistent truants have been dismissed as unworkable - by the pupils themselves.’ ‘He is also proposing placing police in and around schools to round up truants.’ ‘School truants are to be targeted this month as part of a joint operation by the council and police.’ ‘Students are considered habitual truants if they have 10 or more unexcused absences in a school year.’ ‘Why not bring this regime back for the hard-core truants, if they won't attend school during school time make them attend in their own time.’ ‘But the local education authority warned that pupils who attended the demonstration would be treated as truants.’ ‘The Department for Education and Skills has already warned that any pupil missing school to attend a demonstration would be treated as truants and headteachers have warned that they could face expulsion.’ ‘Some students have been warned that

 they will be treated as truants.’ Synonyms 1(of a pupil) being a truant: ‘truant children’ More example sentences ‘Children with school refusal differ in important ways from children who are truant, although the behaviors are not mutually exclusive.’ ‘Educational Advocates are ex-offenders who work to bring chronically truant youth back to school.’ ‘Having been a truant pupil himself, Mark was keen to ensure that they did not follow in his footsteps, although they were rarely excused from helping him with his own projects.’ ‘Had authorities followed up, critics said, they might have reached - or at least noticed - the truant students and stopped their respective attacks.’ ‘My friend got a call from the dean of students: Their son was truant and failing out of school.’ ‘Children who are truant (or ‘playing hooky’) are not scared to go to school the way children with school refusal are.’ ‘During that time, his 14-year-old brother became truant from school and began using narcotics.’ ‘Perceval appointed him secretary to the Admiralty in 1809, a well-paid post which he held for 22 years, never quitting his office ‘without a kind of une

asiness like a truant boy’.’ ‘School was more often burdensome for girls than it was for boys, although boys were slightly more truant.’ ‘However, students who do not attend school may be similar to alternative school students, students who are often chronically absent or truant.’ ‘That is exactly why the Minister of Education has been putting in place programmes to ensure those young people are not truant, are not suspended; they are at school where they belong.’ ‘Statistical adjustments were also made based on the responses of students who indicated skipping classes in the past 30 days and being truant since school began in September.’ ‘Police officers have begun an operation to target truant schoolchildren in the town.’ ‘A mother brings her truant son to school to be flogged for neglecting his studies in favour of gambling.’ ‘Many of the truant students claim they were stressed out by exams or had problems getting along with classmates.’ ‘He sounded like the school headmaster quietly but firmly dressing down a truant pupil.’ ‘Under the scheme, truant pupils are identified and the welfare service tries to help them.’ ‘‘I've got out,’ I told him in the tone of voice parents reserve for especially truant children.’ ‘After

 determining that she would not injure anyone, she had to attend school and not be truant.’ ‘Carlos, a painfully shy 15 year old, is chronically truant.’ 1.1 Wandering; straying: ‘her truant husband’ More example sentences ‘Even as a fierce blizzard looms on the horizon, she finds herself with more than just a truant husband on her hands.’ ‘The health minister instead should take recourse to the existing laws and try and effectively bring back the health department on rails and make the truant doctors more responsive.’ ‘Two grown daughters in the family join the truant male whenever the old man launches into story.’ ‘Here are the other truant titans, along with their stated reasons for missing the premier IFBB contest.’ ‘There the boy is captured by Jack's colleagues, who have been commanded by the Lord to kill their truant captain.’ verb ‘if my daughter had been truanting from school I would have been informed’ another way of saying play truant below More example sentences ‘Many of these children aren't at school - either because they have been excluded or are truanting.’ ‘A young person can end up facing a children's panel - or ‘hearing’ - for

 criminal activity, truanting, running away from home or equally because they are at risk from physical abuse or neglect.’ ‘For a few fleeting seconds, she considered truanting, but common sense triumphed over her emotions.’ ‘Boys who had been truanting and priding themselves on being cheeky and ‘hard ‘turned out to be brilliant at woodwork.’ ‘The majority of these parents knew of the absence but about 20 pupils were found to be truanting.’ ‘Youngsters truanted for all sorts of reasons including bullying, domestic violence, family illness and basic issues like failing to do homework, she said.’ ‘In Scotland, statistics have shown that around 7% of young people truanted frequently, 17% occasionally, and 28% rarely.’ ‘In North Yorkshire, the figures were a little better with 17 children found truanting, eight of whom were with an adult.’ ‘We will take action against those who are persistently truanting or who are late for school.’ ‘In the last academic year 696, 328 pupils truanted or were absent without permission, on average for 15 half days.’ ‘Parents who repeatedly fail to keep their

 children in school will be hauled back to the classroom and given lessons on bringing up youngsters, under a radical plan to stop truanting.’ ‘Far from truanting because they are stupid, it turns out many truant because they are clever.’ ‘He said that his dad had kicked him out because he'd been truanting and hanging around with a gang of boys, getting into trouble.’ ‘He said: ‘We often catch children that are quite vulnerable, they often truant because they have a problem at home and by catching them we can deal with that.’’ ‘We will not be coming in with a hard approach, but want to work with parents to stop truanting.’ ‘Unfortunately, however, a surprisingly large number of parents are not only already aware that their children are truanting, they actively condone it.’ ‘During this summer's World Cup, big screen televisions were set up in the city's classrooms in an attempt to stop children truanting to watch football matches.’ ‘Ideas put forward yesterday for future use of new technology included allowing parents to check online whether their children are truanting, increasing online tax payments and more use of computers in the health service.’ ‘What is clear is that students who are doing well

 at school and are engaged and focused do not truant.’ ‘She soon began truanting and going missing for increasingly long periods of time.’ Synonyms (of a pupil) stay away from school without leave or explanation: ‘he often played truant and he usually wrote his own absence notes’ More example sentences ‘Scores of school children played truant to attend the protest despite warnings from head teachers that they would face suspension.’ ‘A fifth of children said they felt unsafe in their communities and nearly 40 per cent of Year 11 pupils admitted playing truant.’ ‘But only pupils who meet academic targets and do not play truant will get tickets.’ ‘This showed that there were 1.1 million pupils who had played truant in the course of the last school year - up from 0.96 million five years before.’ ‘Ultimately, it is up to parents and teachers to ensure children do not play truant.’ ‘Some 20 pupils were found playing truant on their own.’ ‘When I first started there were a number of pupils outside of lessons playing truant.’ ‘She often plays truant and stays home, where she is happiest working with Pa in his machine shop in the yard.’ ‘You now have a situation where

 children are coming back to school but are frightened and upset and the children who really should be in school are still playing truant.’ ‘He thought the School Board had found out he'd played truant.’ Synonyms Truant dictionary definition | truant defined LINK / CITE ADD TO WORD LIST adjective Truant means not doing what one is supposed to do.

An example of a truant person is someone who is constantly late for work and never completes assignments. noun The definition of a truant is someone who does not do his or her work or who skips school. An example of a truant is a teenager who constantly cuts classes and does not go to school. verb Truant is defined as to never do what one is supposed to do. An example of to truant is to never complete work assignments. truant Obs. a lazy, idle person a pupil who stays away from school without permission a person who neglects his or her work or duties Origin of truant Middle English ; from OFr, beggar, vagabond ; from Celt, as in Irish tr?gán, diminutive of truag, wretched that is a truant; that plays truant idle; shiftless Urban Dictionary: truant Noun (1): Someone who shirks school or work in pursuit of self-chosen desires. Noun (2): The pseudonym for quite possibly the most antisocial outcast this planet has seen. Verb: To shirk school or work in pursuit of self-chosen desires/activities. Noun (1): Mrs.

Felcher: "We used to have a garden gnome, but some truant stole it to hock it for a dime bag." Noun (2): Wayno: "That Truant guy is a legend in his own mind. Quitting a good job because of his hosebeast boss. Took some balls, man." Verb: Norling: "Since Truant's gone truant, he ain't been right." by Truant January 13, 2004 Kids' Health - Topics - Truancy (wagging school) Truancy (wagging school) problems; school; home; keeping; safe; safety; truancy; truant; wagging; skiving; off; safe. ; Contents What is truancy? Everyone has days when they don't feel like going to school. Sometimes they pretend to be sick and mum or dad lets them stay home, but sometimes they make plans to meet up with friends or go somewhere alone for the day. Some people go to school, or their parents think they do, then they go off alone or with a friend. Schools call this truancy (say trew-an-see).

Kids call it 'wagging school', 'skiving off', and all sorts of other names. What do you call it where you live? Of course most kids never do it, and a lot of schools nowadays have very strict rules to stop truancy, not because they want to catch kids out but because they want to keep kids safe and help them to make the most of their chance to learn. The school has responsibility for the safety of kids in school hours and parents are responsible by Law for getting kids to go to school until they turn 16 (unless they have permission to 'home school' - do school work at home). (stay away from school to do something else) They want to get attention from parents, friends or teachers. They may be being bullied by kids at school. They may be running away from problems at home or at school. They may have learning problems and feel really bad. They may have friends who truant. They think it's the cool thing to do. They've been dared to truant by their peers. They're feeling angry about something. They just want to play and have a day off. They want to make trouble for the school or their parents.

How you can help your friend If your friend is playing truant then you would be a good friend if: you told him that it is not a safe thing to do, and it can get him into more trouble you told the teacher so that she could find your friend to keep him safe you don't go with him you told him that running away from problems is not the way to fix them you tell your friend to talk to a trusted adult eg. school counsellor you go with your friend to talk to someone about his problems you show him that you care about his safety. Many schools nowadays have rules that parents or carers have to let the school know if their child is going to be away. If a child is not at school someone from the school will ring the child's home to see where the child is. The school is not being 'nosy,' they are looking after the safety of children. Truanting is unsafe. What kids said This is what some children said about truanting (or "wagging" as they call it in South Australia) "I didn't go to school one day because I wanted to go to the movies. It wasn't much fun because my friends weren't with me.

I went to school and everyone was glad to see me as they had been looking for me.The school phoned my home. My mum and dad were very worried and sad but they love me and I love them so I promised I wouldn't do it again." Wagging is bad Your best friend feels sad. The teacher calls home. Mum picks up the phone. Mum feels blue, Dad is too. BH "I didn't go to school one day. My friend and I went to the shops instead. I was scared that I would see my mum and I did. I ran away before she saw us. My friend fell over and hurt herself. We got into trouble at school and at home. Truanting isn't worth it. We both got grounded at home and had to do community work at school." "When I wagged school someone came to the house and I was scared that it was a robber." "My friend decided to wag school one day. He went to go see a movie. It was really dark, he couldn't see a thing. When the movie finished his mum was sitting in the seat behind him." School, school can be so boring. Some days I am almost snoring.

So one day I decided to wag I emptied my schoolbooks out of my bag. I went to the shops, hanging cool. And then I saw the Principal. I tried to hide but he saw me And called my name before I could flee. My parents were mad as mad can be. So don't wag school, don't you see? By Jesse Dr Kate says: "When you think about it school is a great place. Where else can you go where there are things to do, people your own age to be friends with, things to learn about and where there are people to help you with any problems you may have. If you are not happy at school talk to your parents and teachers to find the problem and fix it. You will be in school for a large part of your early life so you need to make the most of it. After all, if you chose not to go and not to learn all you can to have a good life as an adult, then who does it hurt? You!" We've provided this information to help you to understand important things about staying healthy and happy. However, if you feel sick or unhappy, it is important to tell your mum or dad, a teacher or another grown-up.

truant - Word of the Day | Dictionary.com Word of the Day a person who shirks or neglects his or her duty. a student who stays away from school without permission. absent from school without permission. Learn something Word of the Day email Thank youfor signing up Get the Word of the Day Email Citations for truant Ozcma hath no hold on my heart, in the way thou fanciest — never had, beyond a passing and truant inclination. James Fenimore Cooper, Mercedes of Castile , 1861 He thought of his coming trip to Spain, and then, catching sight of her looking out towards the town and ocean, bit the truant thought back. Pico Iyer, Abandon

Question: A truant is someone who stays away from what?
Answer: School