President Obama Gives 5th Grader Best Absence Note Ever President Barack Obama hosted six separate fundraisers in Minnesota and Chicago on Friday. But before he counted his new-found cash, Obama made an official presidential visit to a Honeywell factory in a Minneapolis suburb. There, he was introduced by Ryan Sullivan, a new employee at the factory. Ryan’s son Tyler missed school to see his dad introduce the president, so Obama wrote him what just may be the best absence note ever collected by a 5th grader. Try punishing the kid for truancy now. FOX Nation must be positively freaking out about that Big Government Liberal interfering with our children’s education. The text, if you prefer non-cursive: Mr. Ackerson- Please Excuse Tyler … he was with me! Barack Obama Look at how perfect that ellipsis is! That’s why he’s the president. [Image via Fox Twin Cities] PREVIOUSLY: Sign of the Times: Obama and Enthusiastic Deaf Supporter Share a Perfect Moment on a Rope Line UPDATE: Watch the Sullivans explain what happened on CNN: </noscript> Follow us! Click and Follow Us for more updates straight to your news and nonsense feeds. By the way, this isn’t the first time Obama has bailed out a kid missing school: </noscript> This post originally appeared on our kickass DC site Distriction. Follow DistrictionDC on Twitter for more updates.
Adam Baum 02.06.12 @ 12:56 pm These awful no good liberal elites are ruining this country by keeping that kid out of school. Obama. More like NObama.
Ednedus 02.06.12 @ 1:19 pm not the first time Obama has done this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1fwL-cgzcw
Nneim00012 02.06.12 @ 4:10 pm Thanks for the non-cursive translation. Seems as though this article was not only written by a 5th grader but for them as well!
Wolves_frogs 02.06.12 @ 4:44 pm That makes no sence at all. First of all her DAD kept her out of the last day of school. So she didn’t get to clean out her desk or locker???
Adam Baum 02.06.12 @ 9:47 pm I know. I was just trying my hand at trolling. I’m no good at it. You have a great summer.
Redaharvestmoon1 02.06.12 @ 11:51 pm That totally rocks!!! If you can’t do something like that as president, don’t run!
Jay 03.06.12 @ 2:07 pm 1. last day of class is such a laid back day for any grade(minus college) 2. one day of skipped class will mean nothing its easy to make up for one day 3.kids are missing school all the time for sports, music, extra curricular activities (why is meeting the president of the US so much more terrible?) anybody with an education could see this
Angelo R. Mozilo 03.06.12 @ 3:44 pm It’s a nice memento for the kid but if you genuinely think it spared him from “punishment for truancy” you may be a 5th grader yourself
Peter Harris 03.06.12 @ 3:55 pm “Look at how perfect that ellipsis is! That’s why he’s the president.” HAHAHAHA!!!!!
jaspertandy 04.06.12 @ 10:10 am I’m glad they did the non-cursive version. Looks like it says “Ackerman” in the note, to me, so it was actually helpful.
Rezeya Montecore 04.06.12 @ 1:25 pm Great, if his principal’s a Republican, that poor kid’s gonna get expelled at best, and exiled to Kenya at worst. He’s “collaborating with our nation’s enemies” now.
James Eberhardt 04.06.12 @ 3:30 pm Although I’m pretty sure that the teacher’s name is Ackerman, not Ackerson.
lucascott 04.06.12 @ 3:35 pm It probably would have gotten him out of the truancy issue since in most states if you are with one or both of your parents and they gave you permission you aren’t considered truant. But yes if there was a quiz etc and the rules are you miss it you blew it, then the teacher could hold to that rule and not let Tyler take a makeup test anymore than any other reason. And if the school counts excessive excused absences as grounds for suspension, being held back etc, this will likely still count towards that. President or not.