Driving... Or Not

In every teenager's life comes the time to get their permit and eventually (hopefully) their license. In the state of Maryland to get your permit you have to get a attendance form filled out by your school's guidance counselor. It pretty much says that the student applying to get their permit has missed 10 or less days  (unexcused) in the last semester. Which would be fine, for everyone else. Everyone except for me. I have missed somewhere around 35 or 40 days this year. With 15 or so being excused. And about 14 of the unexcused days have been in the last semester. See the problem here? Why have I missed this many days, you may ask? One word- diabetes. I missed a lot (A LOT) of days this year because my blood sugar was high or low, days when I felt sick from said blood sugar, and there was no way I was going to make it through a school day. I got my pump about 2 months ago and my blood sugars have be so SO much better. But I still have all those unexcused absences to deal with. I still get all A's and B's, better grades than most people my age and I always keep up with all my missed work. So WHY is the attendance policy for getting your permit not, instead, a policy about grades? Which I believe would be MUCH more effective. If I keep up with my missed work and have a legitimate excuse for missing those days (which we all know I do) why should I be denied the privilege to get my permit? Maybe it's just me that thinks and feels this way, or maybe it's just because it's happening to me. I can get my permit at the end of July and my mom and I are doing everything we can to make sure I will be able to get my permit, meanwhile my twin brother makes fun of me every chance he gets and that's not making this any easier. UGH!