Tardiness
Technique:
Time management is important and it is a skill that can be developed.
It is important to remember that being on time is highly rated by middle
class America, but may not be valued by all students.
Good excuses:
- Bullying
occurs during lunch hour and between some classes so some students wait
until after the bell rings to venture into halls.
- Some
student find the lack of privacy in bathrooms very intrusive. Waiting
until the bell rings provides time in the bathroom without an audience.
- Some
students have problems with lockers and organization. Getting the lock
undone is difficult at times, as is finding the locker full of shaving
cream once it is open. Of course, at times one finds that the wrong
lock has been placed on the locker - just a wee practical joke.
- If a
teacher keeps a student after class or a student stays after class to
ask for clarification or complete a disciplinary action, it may be impossible
to make it to the next class on time.
- The student
is scrambling to find a pencil and paper because during hazing, an upper
classman broke the pencil and waded up the paper.
Poor excuses (the ones we seldom hear):
- One last
puff
- One last
kiss
- A little
drug business
- Had to
finish getting the highest score on the video game
- The place
where we went for lunch was across town and there was heavy traffic.
- "My
pet spider had babies and I was naming them."
Rather than asking for an excuse or refusing to accept any excuses, set
up the classroom so that students hate to miss the first few minutes of
class.
- On time
and ready to work gives the student 5 points of extra credit.
- Answers
to homework problems are given out the first five minutes of class.
- Quizzes
occur as the bell rings and cannot be made up.
- A treat
is periodically provided to students who arrive and are seated prior
to the bell.
- All students
on time for ten days equals a video day or an additional cooperative
learning opportunity.
- Student
ideas:
- Personal
ideas:
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