oh ok, maybe if youre in fulltime education and 18 or under you can get them for free. i just assumed everyone had to pay for them cos i know of people who have had to pay for their doctors notes (and i think its quite expensive too!). though i wouldnt have thought doctors write notes for just anytime you were sick, if you always needed a doctors note for when you were off school youre not just gonna go down there if youre just off for the day with a migraine or something, i think the doctors would get fed up of having to do it lol! (i dont think i explained that very well but oh well i know what i meant!

). and i wasnt saying every parent would pretend their kids were sick when they were skiving (cos mine wouldnt either) but can you honestly say that no parent would do that? i was just saying that how is it proof you were actually sick just cos your parents have written a note?