21.   He described his son as a polite youngster who as a teen-ager fell in with the wrong crowd and began using drugs and skipping school.

22.   He skipped school and ran away for weeks at a time.

23.   He once skipped school, was caught because the car he was driving got stuck in a ditch and he had to be pulled out.

24.   He now says his walking out of Ramsay High was a lark, that he just wanted to skip school.

25.   Her mother told her she can skip school Friday to rest up.

26.   If your child skips school, he or she could be jailed.

27.   In another, two boys on the cusp of adolescence skip school and stride toward their future, whatever that is.

28.   It passed a teenager from Long Island named Walter Sonsowski, who skipped school to witness history because he might one day teach it.

29.   It was uncharacteristic of the girls to skip school, especially on a day when they had a cheerleading assignment, and Friday was a football game day.

30.   Kenyans came from all over the country, camping out in Uhuru Park, skipping school or taking the day off from work.