Since the poster never even remotely suggested she couldn't talk with her parents about the visit--(how did she get to the doctor and who paid for it if her parents didnt know??) I'm going to go way out on a limb and guess that just maybe --since she has issues with the school secretary glancing at her doctors excuse to put it in her folder--she just *might* have issues with sitting down and discussing the doctors visits with a guidance counselor. One involves a mere glance at a piece of paper before filing it--the other involves a discussion of the very private doctors appointments.


Her point isn't a scheduling conflict--it is a *privacy* issue. (She gave no reason as to why she couldn't simply make the appointment later in the day, after school). This means that the doctor making her a schedule to submit for approval doesn't address the issue of her NOT wanting them to know WHO the doctor is or what type of practice it is.