![" I haven't told too much to get out of class. I don't like to miss it. I said I was sick, but I wasn't, said I had the flu." - Derek Russell, 21, Business. Photo by Maria Leyva/The Telescope](https://www.palomar.edu/telescope/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/February-speakout-Derek-Russell-300x200.jpg)
![" High school, freshman year. It was my English class and I said my mom was giving birth, so I had to leave. I just left and went to Burger King." - Nestor Calderon, 23, History Photo by Maria Leyva/The Telescope](https://www.palomar.edu/telescope/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/February-speakout-Nestor-Calderon-300x200.jpg)
– Nestor Calderon, 23, History
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!["A couple semesters ago I had to turn in a paper. So instead of going to class I said I had an emergency and I just went to go write the paper." - Shelley Munoz, 21, Business Photo by Maria Leyva/The Telescope](https://www.palomar.edu/telescope/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/February-speakout-Shelley-Munoz-300x200.jpg)
– Shelley Munoz, 21, Business
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![" I've never told a lie. I just haven't gone [to class] " - Mauricio Olivares, 25, Psychology Photo by Maria Leyva/The Telescope](https://www.palomar.edu/telescope/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/February-speakout-Mauricio-Olivares-300x200.jpg)
– Mauricio Olivares, 25, Psychology
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![" The basic like I'm sick. I can't make it to class, I can't go." -Miul Dinh, 17, Biology Photo by Maria Leyva/The Telescope](https://www.palomar.edu/telescope/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/February-speakout-Miul-Dinh-300x200.jpg)
-Miul Dinh, 17, Biology
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