Your fact reminded me of another story. I racked up so many "absences" from being more than 30 minutes late to school. This was Junior--technically my Sophomore year-- so I was at Mt. Rainier. But anyway, I got enough where they gave me detention so I had Erica come in. And I swear to god, Erica was seconds from punching those bitches in the face. The two ladies in the attendance office were so rude we almost called the District to report for harassment. I was late because Dad drove me btw. :/
Aaaahhh.... x_x yeah.. I know how the absence thing can be. though, I have to say... that's impressive that you got detentions for it o___o;;. awww D; that doesn't sound too cool, though. honestly, they should still maintain a sense of politeness. even if you had be late a lot. did you ever at least get your dad to talk to them??
Here-- I'll do another fact then xP;;
also in RI, I would sometimes stay at this caretaker's house and she was primarily the reason I'd be late (if I was) while going to school. she wasn't the nicest lady either. and she smoked, so that wasn't ok either. buuuut that WAS where I was introduced to Zoids: Chaotic Century :'D... used to watch that every morning at like... 5 AM LOL