What you do is you fake a stomach cramp and when you're bent over moaning and wailing you lick your palms. It's a little childish and stupid, but then, so is high school.
Advice from Ferris Bueller on how to get your parents to let you skip school. I am not embarrassed to admit my inner teenager still appreciates John Hughes for "getting it," because, based on results from a study sponsored by the Melinda and Bill Gates Foundation, two decades after Ferris and I attended high school the most common reason drop outs give for quitting school is still some version of it's "stupid and childish."
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