>>12 Punishment is a childish problem. When you miss school, the most dramatic is that you lack lessons and training. So, you have to catch everything up, which might be longer and particularly less effective than actually attending the class.
Also, any school stuff can be useful in exams or years later at University (eg, I'm a 2nd year of engineering student, and I've just solved a Pythagoras and Thales problem while working on a compressor).
So anything you miss could result in a deficiency, while anything you specially goodly remember is an advantage.