Valentine´s Day

The day of love ... the day you can share all that love you feel for that friend, boyfriend, family, among others. This day is very special, because you can be honest with the person you like and declare your love for her or him.

It is important to know that Valentine's Day is not celebrated equally in all countries, such as Italy that regularly do not usually celebrate this day, just as there are countries that enjoy like in Ecuador, Brazil, the United States, Argentina and many more.

Source: (Latin Times, 2018)

The celebration of the day of love has manifested itself in different ways around the world, as it mentions (Latin Time, 2018):

GUATEMALA: celebrations in this country are given in the same way as in the United States, exchanging flowers and letters that can be addressed to a friend, a boyfriend or girlfriend. All in order to show affection

CHINA: here is celebrated on Valentine's Day on a different date, during the month of August through Qixi festivals, and these days are taken as a perfect opportunity to marry the most beloved person.

These countries have their customs and traditions according to this day, around the world do not occur in the same way but sometimes some maintain the custom as we move from generation to generation.

Source: (Master Ov, 2016)

Bibliography:

• Latin Times. (February 14, 2018). Valentine’s Day Traditions From Around The World: 5 Romantic Customs To Try From Other Countries. Recovered by: https://www.latintimes.com/valentines-day-traditions-around-world-5-romantic-customs-try-other-countries-432069
• Master Ov.(September 16, 2016). Animation short film "A love story". Recovered by: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHBQQjVAXAs

A perfect Valentine´s day:

 Source: (Jangger, 2017)

In the word exist a lot of people who do not like the day of Valentine because they are of the opinion that there should not be a specific day in the calendar to give love and give presents to loved ones, if not they think it is an action that must be done every day. On the other hand, millions of people in the world anxiously await Valentine's Day, because they feel it is a primordial date to show an infinite love to all their loved ones, whether mother, father, son, daughter, husband, wife, boyfriend, girlfriend and even the teachers.

Due to this, there are different ways to make a perfect day of Valentine's Day, as simple ideas to demonstrate the love towards friend, families and acquaintances.

Many people decide to write letters with decorative paper, give chocolates, cookies and flowers to show the person that has a place in his heart. In addition, a lot of person cook a fabulous breakfast, make her coffee and send her out with a cup to go. Bonus points if you bought some whipped cream the night before and snick some into her to-go mug, but other prefer a romantic night. In the next video you can see a different tips.

Source: (Gómez, 2013)

Bibliography

Gómez, A. (14 de february de 2013). How to have the Perfect Valentine's Day. Obtenido de https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-uo7FVhkE8

Jangger. (9 de FEBRUARY de 2017). Valentine’s Day Guide 2017. Obtenido de http://www.magic925.com/jaggerandkristi/valentines-day-guide-2017/

MAIN CAUSES OF TRUANCY

As we know, truancy is the action of the students to stay in another place instead of home without any justification. So, there are some many reasons for becoming a truant.

Acording to The Alameda County Disctrict Attorney's Office:

• Homelessness: In over 20% of the cases, truant children were homeless.
• Bullying: In 13% of cases, bullying was a contributing factor.
• Home Environment: Family dysfunction was identified in 26% of cases. 
• Physical Health Issues: Those impacted students in 36% of cases.
• Mental Health Issues: Those were as frequent as physical health issues.
• Finance: In 26% of cases, the financial issues played a role in truancy.
• Ineffective Parenting: The lack of rigth parent skills were noted in 45% of cases.
• Transportation: 30% of children were truant because they lacked transportation.

In fact, those truant people constantly are affected by some many causes. Also, the vulnerable minority of teenagers with specific unnormal aspects and qualities are the most affected in the society. 

The proffessors Iñaki Piñuel Zabala y Araceli Oñate have describe almost 9 labels of bullying with the following indicence among the victims.

• Social block 29%
• Harassment 21%
• Manipulation 20%
• Constraints 17%
• Social Exclusion 16%
• Intimidation 14%
• Cyberbullying

Another fact is that the teenagers who belong to the lgbtiq+ community suffer discrimination and those kind of bullying, so they are affected to commit truancy.

In Latinamerica, Colombia portrays a report which shows how lgbtiq+ students face those issues in educative centers. The 67% said feeling insecure, consequently 1 of 4 students skip class because they are afraid.

Finally, as you can read, truancy is a big problem around the world, it's a consequence of another unsolve issues which continue affecting the society yet. Get informaton! Learn by yoursefl! Be more human! Stop truancy!

(Performance about truancy by students)
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YltUJMK2DKI

Pictures Sources:

https://www.k3sao.com/endtruancy
https://jjie.org/2015/04/08/west-virginia-eases-strict-truancy-law/
https://www.wired.com/2009/03/truancy-origins/
https://setimoportal.wordpress.com/tag/evangelicos/page/5/?iframe=true&preview=true%2F%3Fak_action%3Dreject_mobile

Bibliography:
http://atschool.alcoda.org/
https://www.elespectador.com/noticias/judicial/el-miedo-de-ir-al-colegio-ser-lgbt-articulo-663343
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acoso_escolar

Truancy rate at record high

Around 10m school days missed without permission by 6m pupils

(deviant art, 2017)

The school truancy rate is at record high and has shot up by 44% since Labor came to power, government statistics revealed today.

The rise is despite ministers taking a tougher line on absenteeism, prosecuting 9,500 parents and fining thousands more because of their children regularly skip school.

Some 67,290 pupils skipped school without permission every day in 2008-9, almost 2,000 more than the previous year, the Department for Children, Schools and Families show figures.

Around 10 million school days were missed without permission by 6 million pupils in primary and secondary schools in England. The DCSF calculates absence rates by the number of half days missed. Pupils missed 1.05% of half-days at primary and secondary schools without permission, compared to 1.01% the previous year. This is a 44% rise on 1996-97, when the rate was 0.73%, which means truancy is now at its highest level since records were first collected in 1993.

The total authorised absence rate – where pupils have permission to miss school – fell to its lowest level recorded with children in all schools missing 5.21% of half-days in 2008-09, down from 5.28% in the previous year.

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Family holidays were the second most common reason for pupils missing school, after illness.

Over two terms, absence for family holidays accounted for 8% of half-days that were missed, but authorised by schools. Nearly 2% of half-days missed for family holidays were not approved by schools.

David Laws, the Liberal Democrat education spokesman, branded the truancy figures "a disgrace" for Labour and said they showed the government's top-down approach to the problem had failed.

Laws said: "Despite Tony Blair promising to get a grip on this problem more than a decade ago, truancy levels have rocketed. It's obvious that Labour's top-down approach has failed. We need a more effective local approach involving parents, schools and the police.(Shepherd, 2012)

Bibliography

Shepherd, J. (25 de Marzo de 2012). theguardian. Obtenido de theguardian: https://www.theguardian.com/education/2010/mar/25/truancy-pupils-record-high

deviant art. (2017). Obtenido de deviant art: https://www.deviantart.com/pariahexilewrath/art/Truant-Commission-665575240

Truancy?

Stop the punishment of truancy, FIND A SOLUTION!!!!

It's importante for a child and teenagers to study and prepare for the whole world and the principal to have a powerful knowledge that will become the next generation, but nowadays the teenagers don't think in the  future they just think to have a chilling moment with ztheir friends, and don't go to school.

Wealth management(2018)

Childreen and teengares can "Chilling" their time spending in sports that will be entertained and the best is a healthy way for the body because this eliminate toxin,both in which you can obtain rewards as medal, trophies or if you put all the effort in sports you will get an scholarship  for the university, but all this rewards is because of study, things that a truant can't obtain

Business politics(2017)

Another option for a solution of truancy is that the high school or school has more control in the students behavior or the way that they coexist is and option, because most of the teenager becomes a truant for the bullying that they suffer in school, making that the teenager or the children, has afraid of the dangerous to be in school, not only with physical violence, nowadays the issue is the mental behavior that the student would have

Here you have another solutions for Truancy

If you want to know in a intimate way about the real contain in the truancy problems, check it out the next video:

Bibliography

Baltomore. (2 de august de 2014). The Baltomore Guide. Obtenido de http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2008-03-18/news/0803180044_1_truancy-parents-or-guardians-truant

Bussiness politcs. (26 de January de 2017). Bussiness politcs. Obtenido de https://www.bizpacreview.com/2018/03/31/parents-outraged-when-they-learn-teacher-had-students-write-gun-control-letters-to-congress-618607

Trouble teens guide. (14 de January de 2018). Teen Truancy Causes, Issues and Solutions. Obtenido de http://www.troubledteensguide.com/vblog/Teenagers-Parenting/Teenage-Truancy-Prevention-Parenting.html

Wealth Management. (16} de April de 2018). Focus on work. Obtenido de http://www.wealthmanagement.com/college-planning/your-clients-kid-eyeing-sports-scholarship

What is Truancy?

• An unexcused absence from school
• States enact school attendance laws which determine:
• the age at which a child is required to begin attending school
• the age at which a child may legally drop out of school
• the number of unexcused absences which make a student legally truant
• In many states, youth missing more than 10 days of school are required to repeat the entire school year.
• Truancy is a major problem nationwide, yet states do little to prevent it and little to re-engage truant youth.

Source: (Strategies for youth, 2012)

Preventing Truancy

Preventing truancy requires a multifaceted approach that considers the school, the parents, and the youth.

Rather than just punishing truancy with suspension, schools are finding it more effective to develop programs to work with these students. The most effective programs include:

• mentoring
• law enforcement involvement
• communication training
• community involvement

The role of the school starts with clearly communicating attendance policies and upholding them. Schools also need to keep proper records, communicate problems to parents, and work to improve poor conditions in the school. Staff should work to ensure that students are matched with the right teachers and are getting special attention when necessary.

Outside of the school, preventing truancy begins at home, with open communication and problem solving. This will help to determine the cause of the absenteeism. 

If you are the parent of a truant child, talk to school administrators to find ways to solve the problem. In some cases, transferring classrooms or even a new school may help. Rather than just punishing, finding actionable solutions is often effective in reducing truancy.

Source: (Gabbey Amber, 2013)

Bibliography: 

• Strategies for you (2012) Recovered by: https://strategiesforyouth.org/for-police/how-to/how-to-truancy/
• Gabbey, A. (November 21, 2013) Recovered by: https://www.healthline.com/symptom/truancy 

Relevant factors that have influence to be a truant

The factors that contribute to truancy eventually originate from three central areas: the school, the family and the community. The experiences lived by a young person in all these areas will have a strong impact on truancy percentages.

As: Personal Matters, bullying's issues and bad influences around the school or the community of those teenagers.

Source: (Tobin, 2009)

If it is in our hands, we can help to eradicate this problem little by little, because it is affecting our society in a severely way

Source: (SaludAmercia, 2018)

Bibliography: 

• Tobin, L. (2009). Truancy. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/education/2009/nov/03/bunking-off-school-pupils-truancy
• SaludAmerica. (2018). Solution to truancy and absenteeism with EC Cares [Video].