David Carradine

I was a truant. And if you're a truant in New York City, the truant officer gets after you, and then you get into the courts, and then things happen which they really shouldn't. But I ended up in a very sweet reform school. It's the place you go to if you've got a really kind judge.

American Actor

Krzysztof Penderecki

After music, trees are my passion. My great-grandfather was a forester, so maybe it is genetic. My father would take me for walks in the forest and sometimes I would play truant with him. 'You won't learn anything in a communist school, my boy,' he would say. He loved trees too.

Polish Composer

Colin Powell

Too often we act - ask our schools to be truant officers, our teachers to be truant officers, because we're giving them children who have, you know, they're not ready to learn. And if they're not ready to learn by the third grade, they know they're behind.

American Statesman

Dave Van Ronk

They basically said that if I didn't show up for school they'd mark me present, they wouldn't send the truant officer after me. At 16 I enrolled in something called continuing education. Once a month I'd go out to Jamaica, but I didn't take it seriously.

American Musician

Rekha

I can't cheat on my performances. For me my films are like my babies. I nurture them and look after them like a mother. I can't play truant from shooting even for a day. When I agree to do a film I am with it all the way.

Indian Actress

James McBride

I was in a special class in high school for truants. They made us stay together all day. Once a week, they would send us to a guidance counselor. He would sit me in his office and he would try to talk to me.

American Writer

Moe Howard

I used to stand outside the theater knowing the truant officer was looking for me. I would stand there 'til someone came along and then ask them to buy my ticket.

Marlon Brando

At Libertyville High, I was a bad student, chronic truant, and all-round incorrigible. I was forever being sent to the principal's office to be disciplined.

Alek Wek

I could never understand why other kids wanted to truant - my education here gave me everything. It's the place where I really got to flourish.

British Designer

The word 'truant' often suggests bad judgment or irresponsible behavior.

Negative Connotation

'Truant' is typically used for school-aged children, rather than adults.

Used for Minors

Repeated truancy can lead to legal consequences for the student or parents.

Legal Implications

When used as an adjective, it describes a habitual pattern rather than a one-time occurrence.

Behavior Indicator

Describing someone as a truant student implies they might be falling behind academically.

Academic Consequence

The term can imply the student's indifference or disengagement from school.

Emotional Implication

As a verb, 'truant' implies the absence was intentional and without a good reason.

Intentional Absence

Using 'truant' as a verb can sound informal and is more common in British English.

Informal Speech

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Incredible Orangutan...

 These people are at-risk; these people are truant. These people are empty containers for us to fill with knowledge. They have the problems, we have the solutions." Number two.