"We've been punishing truancy for years, but that hasn't brought them back to school," one school principal said.
“多年来,我们一直在惩罚逃学者,但这并没有让他们回到学校,”一位校长说。
Since school officials can't do much about the illness, they are concentrating on reducing the number of truancy.
由于学校官员对这种疾病无能为力,他们正集中精力减少旷课人数。
The study's authors surveyed 12,395 students and analyzed nine risk behaviors, including excessive alcohol use, illegal drug use, heavy smoking, high media use and truancy.