TIme off?

[cpeister]

Our school doesn't really mind us missing class. Although some of the teachers were a little unhappy by the time our season was over, they knew we were still getting a lot out of the days we missed.

This year was the first year we have done 3 regionals. We have always done Waterloo and GTR, which are always back to back, so we didn't think anything of doing 3 in a row. Well after doing week 4, 5, and 6 regionals, and CMP, we were all pretty exhausted. I don't think the team will ever do this again.

For the Canadian events, we generally send a pit crew down Wednesday night or Thursday morning, and then the rest of the team comes down Thursday night or Friday morning. We take everybody that wants to come to every event. By the time we got home from the championship, several of our members had missed 10 days of school in 5 weeks.

We all were writing tests the day before, and day after events, and stayed mostly caught up in our work. A couple students even wrote tests in the hotel at events.

You can stay caught up while missing school, it just takes effort. Personally, I stayed caught up in English by reading a novel on the bus heading to Buckeye, and another heading to St Louis.