Want to skip school but avoid the hassle of pretending to be sick? Read these steps on how to miss a class or skip school all day!
Steps
Method 1 of 2: Time Off from a Lesson
Step 1. Evaluate the consequences
Before you do anything, find out about the school's attendance policy and what trouble you could get yourself into if they catch you. Remember that the school may call your parents if you are absent from a class, and that you may face punishment. In most institutions, attendance is taken in the morning, and then also in the afternoon if you are staying for the extended time. Knowing this allows you to easily cheat school security.
Step 2. Plan ahead
Decide which lessons you will miss. Early and late hours are common choices, because you can fake a parent's clearance and tell the person in charge of the attendance log that you woke up late or that you had to go on a doctor's appointment first. Alternatively, you could choose a day when you know your school assembly or other event, such as a play, will be held in your school. Find out about the duration of the event and make sure you get back on time, possibly early. If you return before the assembly is over, stay in the bathroom until you hear the people in the corridors, then walk to the classroom as if nothing had happened. You could also drop out of school for simulations for fires or earthquakes. Then, if you were quick enough, you could sneak back through a back door.
Step 3. Behave naturally
Remember, the lack of self-confidence will betray you quickly. If a teacher or administrator catches you red-handed on your way out, make eye contact and tell them you're waiting for your father or mother, who will pick you up to take you on a date. If you meet a stranger who asks you questions outside of school, tell him that you are actually studying at home, without appearing to be defensive or worried.
Step 4. Know the entrances and exits
If you know a back door that not many people use, this might be your best chance to get out. Just make sure there aren't many windows in this area, as the professors might see you as you leave.
Step 5. Divide
If you are leaving with a group of people, don't all go through the same door. Assign your entrances and exits and move alone or in pairs to avoid attracting attention. Set a meeting point and time, and if someone fails to make it, they may have been seen. Don't go back and look for others.
Step 6. You need to know where you will go
The last thing you want is to call your parents to pick you up because you got lost after leaving school. Also, make sure you know how long it takes to get to your destination.
Method 2 of 2: Go away for the whole day
Step 1. Know the consequences
Most schools do not promote students who are absent for too many days during a term or a year, including illness. Make sure you don't jeopardize your education by unnecessarily wasting a full day of school.
Step 2. Make a plan
Choose a day to be absent from school. Consider any tests, special events, and so on. You don't want to miss out on something mandatory, with the risk of not being able to recover.
Step 3. Decide if you want to stay home or go out
Staying at home keeps you at a safe distance from the probing eyes of strangers and allows you to answer the phone should the school call for your absence. Going out may provide you with more entertainment, but you run the risk of running into yours, your friends' parents, or other people you don't want to see. If you leave the house, go to a park, a forest or a place where you can stay without being surrounded by too many people. If you opt for a park, bring an iPod or something to do in case you get bored. It's hot? You can go swimming in the sea or the lake.
Step 4. Find out how you will get out of the house
There are several ways to avoid going to school all day. Here are a couple of ideas:
- If your parents work outside the home and you can walk to school or the bus stop, just start walking as you usually do, but, on the way, head to a hidden spot and stay there until your parents are gone. gone (you could pick this spot the day before so you won't run around looking for a hiding place). After your parents have left and if you don't see anyone around, run or walk quickly to your house, staying there for a while. Afterwards, leave the house 30 minutes before your parents' usual return and come back as if you were coming from school.
- Go to school as you usually do in the morning, but don't cross the threshold. After arriving at the school, walk away from the building without attracting attention. If someone asks you where you are going, you say you have forgotten your homework and that you live a few blocks away.
- Consider writing a justification (copying properly the handwriting of a parent) a few days before and leave it in the office that takes care of the attendance and absences register or to the professor in charge; at the bottom of the message, explain to administrators that they can call your parents' “new job number” if they have any questions. Leave your phone number, and if they do call, confirm your justified absence by pretending to be your parent or ask a friend to do so. The risk is great, and if they find you, the school could take disciplinary measures.
Step 5. Act like you are confident
In case you are away from home and meet people who ask you questions about why you are not in school, make up a story, and always tell the same one. For example, say that you are hosting a cousin who has come from afar or that you are now studying from home. These excuses are more credible if you don't have your backpack with you.
Step 6. Get home soon
Start walking home half an hour before school leaving time. If they ask you why you're not there, say something like "I wasn't feeling well and my father couldn't come and get me."
Step 7. If necessary, solve the problem with justifying it
If you need to bring a letter of justification to school after an absence, then explain to your parents that the one from your previous absence has been lost and that they must rewrite it because the school cannot find it. When your parents ask you for the date, you say that the teacher said that it is not necessary to remember the exact date of your last absence, so just enter today's date (i.e. the day you skip school without your know). Remember to use a pen.
Advice
- If you're reading this at home, clear the history on your computer so your parents won't know you've been to this page.
- Take your parents' phones. Call the telephone company and tell the operator that you want to block a certain number on your mobile; give the school number, so your parents will never receive the call (delete the call from the recent calls log, so your parents will not know that you have spoken to the operator!).
- If you want to do this with a friend, pick one you know won't blurt it out later.
- Act like you are sick the day before you plan to skip school. Also, try to look sickly when you return.
- If you have a landline phone, unplug it slightly so it will still appear to be plugged in, but there will actually be no line. Do this at the time the school normally calls, but remember to fix it later to prevent your parents from suspecting.
- If the school calls (and leaves a voicemail), talk to a friend on the landline around the time you think they will. The moment he calls (your parents won't hear because the line will be busy), accept the call by putting the one on hold with your friend and listen for three to four seconds, then start talking to your friend again. Should the school call twice, stay longer on the phone. Also, if you have a cordless phone, you can take it off the base and hide it.
- If you go by bus to school, at the end of the day, go back towards the school and wait in a hidden place until the other kids go to the bus stop. At that point, nonchalantly join the crowd and board the bus as usual.
Warnings
- Do it at your own risk. Letting yourself be caught red-handed could result in severe punishment.
- The school may call your parents at work, so keep that in mind.
- Most professors can distinguish between the voice of an adult and that of a boy. Try to apologize for your absence on the phone only if people usually mistake you for your parent when they call home.
- Always try to have a friend in class, who will give you notes and homework to do.
- You may have been reading this article and thought, “Oh, that sounds fun. I think I will and they will never catch me”. You will likely have this thought if you tend to overlook the consequences too much. However, you should take them seriously before doing so, and be prepared to accept them.
- They might even email your parents.
