Let me ask you a question – How many times have you missed your school this month? I am sure to get a multitude of answers and not one among us can say ZERO. And I am talking about only 30 days!

Now here’s an 18 year old who has never, ever in her academic life missed a day. Her name is Stefanie Zaner.

A cheerful girl from Northwest High School will complete 2340th day of her senior school on Friday – the last day of her senior school.

We all demand holidays either for genuine reasons like – falling ill, catching flu, breaking a bone, travelling or some religious ceremony or some (more) ungenuine reasons! But Stefanie has never missed a day of her school since she was a child – this is itself is an accomplishment.

And while not-missing-a-day of school won’t get you a lot of laurels, Stefanie has maintained her grades and is a straight A grade student.

Stefanie showed up despite moving twice and changing school three times. She says that they had a ” No TV” rule where they’d just sit and read in a room.

Stefanie will be attending the University of Maryland in its honors program. Zaner wants to be a doctor.

According to Stephanie’s mentors, parents and friends she is a perfectionist and an over-achiever. And I thought I achieved a feat when I’d have minimum attendance

Schools need to reward students on their performance as it surely encourages students to perform well.