I grew up in Canada and missed a lot of school. In 4th grade I went to my home country for 3 months, and in 6th grade my dad fell ill, so I barely went and even when I did I spent most of the time with the counsellor because of my home situation and bullying.
In High school I was worse, I was late almost every day from grades 8–12 and always skipped my third or fourth period for 5 years And besides a couple of emails from the counsellor, no one really cared that I didn’t go to school.
Would I have gotten away with this in the US? Maybe if there were stricter rules and I’d been held accountable, I would’ve shown up more and done better.