It may lead them to avoid school.

Elliott feigns illness the next morning to avoid school so he can play with the alien.

A recent report for the Japanese ministry of education said the country should "avoid school ranking and unhealthy competition".

And some of them may avoid school because it is too hard for them or perhaps because they have an undiagnosed learning disability, she added.

He avoided school, instead falling in with a gang of street kids and often getting into fist fights.

Kumaraswami, very bad at studies, avoids school; however, his father makes all efforts to send him back to school and succeeds in doing so.

In severe cases, people with social phobia may avoid school or work.

Worknesh said she sometimes avoided school during her period.

One girl's self-esteem was so low that she avoided school.

About one-third of girls who reported the activity said it made them want to avoid school and reduced their willingness to talk in class.