Do you think it's right for High Schools to penalize kids for being late2school?

You have to ask yourself, what would happen if you was five minutes late to work? If the answer is anything other than being fired or suspended I want to know what kind of job you think you're going to get. If they don't punish you then you have no incentive to do the right thing. You need to be on time. If you can't handle being on time you can always drop out and get a GED, which will pretty much lower your job and college options.

I used to be where you were, got a few Friday evening detentions for it. The way we did detention they made us go into the cafeteria and line our chairs up in a straight line. Then we just sat there one behind another for two hours from 3:45 PM to 5:45 PM. Eventually they increased it to three hours. Sucked to be me on those days...

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People very rarely get any type of punishment for being 5-10 minutes late at my job. If they do it regularly (let's say 3 or more times), something is usually said to them by management. However, people with good sales results don't get punished for much of anything they do.

Back when I was in High School we had to get a little paper for being late. Every morning there was a whole line of people and it would take like 5-10 minutes to get your turn. We'd be late even more, it was so deficient and idiotic. I just couldn't take High School seriously.

LustForSoul

At my old high school, too many tardies meant you'd fail a class.

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You have to ask yourself, what would happen if you was five minutes late to work? If the answer is anything other than being fired or suspended I want to know what kind of job you think you're going to get. If they don't punish you then you have no incentive to do the right thing. You need to be on time. If you can't handle being on time you can always drop out and get a GED, which will pretty much lower your job and college options.

I used to be where you were, got a few Friday evening detentions for it. The way we did detention they made us go into the cafeteria and line our chairs up in a straight line. Then we just sat there one behind another for two hours from 3:45 PM to 5:45 PM. Eventually they increased it to three hours. Sucked to be me on those days...

hartsickdiscipl

People very rarely get any type of punishment for being 5-10 minutes late at my job. If they do it regularly (let's say 3 or more times), something is usually said to them by management. However, people with good sales results don't get punished for much of anything they do.

You must have a laid-back job, every job I worked at gave you a few warnings and you were out the door. Don't even get me started on what the Army does when you're late. This is assuming you don't have a legitimate excuse such as car trouble or an unexpected doctor's visit.

Learn to be on time. It's not that hard. If you have to get up earlier just to make it to class ahead of time, by all means do so. It'll be good practice for the real world when you have to be on time for things.

not all cultures agree with you with what it means to be on time.UniverseIX

You have to ask yourself, what would happen if you was five minutes late to work? If the answer is anything other than being fired or suspended I want to know what kind of job you think you're going to get. If they don't punish you then you have no incentive to do the right thing. You need to be on time. If you can't handle being on time you can always drop out and get a GED, which will pretty much lower your job and college options.

I used to be where you were, got a few Friday evening detentions for it. The way we did detention they made us go into the cafeteria and line our chairs up in a straight line. Then we just sat there one behind another for two hours from 3:45 PM to 5:45 PM. Eventually they increased it to three hours. Sucked to be me on those days...

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When i got out of high school i had 31 detentions and 7 Saturday schools racked up. The person who was in charge of tardies, dt's ect ect always asked me when i was coming i just looked at him and laughed and said sure. He tried talk to my mother couple times but that don't work on me either. He went to the principal couple times to talk to me. I told her stop wasting my time with bullS that's not going do anything to help me. they finally both shut up about them because they knew they couldn't get me to go. I Liked them both i had nothing against them BUT it wasn't happening.

2: once your in college a job could care less about your ged. I have a h.s but those are the facts.

Unless they have a legitimate excuse, yes they should after a warning.

If you're only 2-3 minutes late, get up 5 minutes earlier.Guppy507

When i got out of high school i had 31 detentions and 7 Saturday schools racked up. The person who was in charge of tardies, dt's ect ect always asked me when i was coming i just looked at him and laughed and said sure. He tried talk to my mother couple times but that don't work on me either. He went to the principal couple times to talk to me. I told her stop wasting my time with bullS that's not going do anything to help me. they finally both shut up about them because they knew they couldn't get me to go. I Liked them both i had nothing against them BUT it wasn't happening.

2: once your in college a job could care less about your ged. I have a h.s but those are the facts.

k2theswiss

1. Each school handles stuff differently. Your school may have been lax but where I went to high school if I missed a detention it was an automatic two day suspension. If you got into a fistfight you was expelled unless it was completely self-defense. They were just looking for people to make examples out of so the rest of the school would behave.

2. A GED alone is almost worthless. Some jobs won't take you and you can't even get into most branches of the military with one. The Army will take you with one but will require you to have higher ASVAB scores and they give you a criminal waiver if you need one unless you have a semester of college under your belt. But you're right about the college part. Technically, you could drop out of school, get a GED, get straight As for two years in a community college, and use your associates to get into an Ivy league school. But they're usually the exception to the rule. Or, you could be like Katy Perry by getting a GED and becoming famous.

[QUOTE="Guppy507"]If you're only 2-3 minutes late, get up 5 minutes earlier.the_ChEeSe_mAn2

Every school I've been to considered it an excused tardy if you was late due to the school bus being late. It was unexcused if you was late due to your own negligence.

Back when I was in High School we had to get a little paper for being late. Every morning there was a whole line of people and it would take like 5-10 minutes to get your turn. We'd be late even more, it was so deficient and idiotic. I just couldn't take High School seriously.

LustForSoul

A lot of my teachers didn't bother with it though, but some followed it very strictly, and others were just random. And if you are too late, they just don't let you in at all.

First before you cry about waking up at 5:40 to leave at 6:40. Don't cry anyone can get easy get ready in 20 mins. TWO IF your getting ride and it's not working then you need start taking the bus. or get your own ride. COME back and blame your home because your late when you have a good reason. SO Take the school bus or tell your dad get his butt up or get your self your own ridek2theswiss

I can't imagine myself getting ready in 20 minutes. I couldn't wake up, make and eat breakfast, take a shower, get dressed, check on my pets, and leave my house in anything less than 40 minutes.

At my high school the doors were locked five minutes after class started, and if you were later than that you just couldn't get in at all, unless you had a parent/guardian call ahead or sign you in, or some sort of emergency. Instead you had to go and sit in the cafeteria and stare at the ceiling for the class hour, because you know, that is obviously more productive then just letting them into class. Students that made a habit of this would get detentions, and then day suspensions.

I think some sort of penalty is necessary, though. Otherwise there would be kids that wouldn't even try to get to class on time. I mean, if I knew I wouldn't get in trouble I would have been late all the time.

[QUOTE="k2theswiss"]First before you cry about waking up at 5:40 to leave at 6:40. Don't cry anyone can get easy get ready in 20 mins. TWO IF your getting ride and it's not working then you need start taking the bus. or get your own ride. COME back and blame your home because your late when you have a good reason. SO Take the school bus or tell your dad get his butt up or get your self your own ridehartsickdiscipl

I can't imagine myself getting ready in 20 minutes. I couldn't wake up, make and eat breakfast, take a shower, get dressed, check on my pets, and leave my house in anything less than 40 minutes.

I was late all the time. Didn't matter...MgamerBD

Is this a joke? Of course kids should be punished for being late. School starts when they say, not when it's convenient for the kid.

Pirate700

This.

Also, letting kids be late with penalty will teach some of them that the same behavior is okay in the workplace.

TL; DR but no why should they? It's their own problem not the school's

Sounds like you should start taking the bus.

If your late to work than you get fired, if your late to school you get penalized. Sounds fair to me and teaches kids about being responsible. In real life after you get out of school you can't be late to your job, or they axe you.

If your late to work than you get fired, if your late to school you get penalized. Sounds fair to me and teaches kids about being responsible. In real life after you get out of school you can't be late to your job, or they axe you.

ShadowMoses900

Most places that I've worked won't fire you for being a few minutes late, even if it happens a couple times a week. This includes 2 large national companies.

[QUOTE="k2theswiss"]First before you cry about waking up at 5:40 to leave at 6:40. Don't cry anyone can get easy get ready in 20 mins. TWO IF your getting ride and it's not working then you need start taking the bus. or get your own ride. COME back and blame your home because your late when you have a good reason. SO Take the school bus or tell your dad get his butt up or get your self your own ridehartsickdiscipl

I can't imagine myself getting ready in 20 minutes. I couldn't wake up, make and eat breakfast, take a shower, get dressed, check on my pets, and leave my house in anything less than 40 minutes.

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[QUOTE="k2theswiss"]First before you cry about waking up at 5:40 to leave at 6:40. Don't cry anyone can get easy get ready in 20 mins. TWO IF your getting ride and it's not working then you need start taking the bus. or get your own ride. COME back and blame your home because your late when you have a good reason. SO Take the school bus or tell your dad get his butt up or get your self your own rideIcyFlamez96

I can't imagine myself getting ready in 20 minutes. I couldn't wake up, make and eat breakfast, take a shower, get dressed, check on my pets, and leave my house in anything less than 40 minutes.

If a student has problems at home, that is the guidance counselor's business, not the administration.

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Is this a joke? Of course kids should be punished for being late. School starts when they say, not when it's convenient for the kid.

GreySeal9

This.

Also, letting kids be late with penalty will teach some of them that the same behavior is okay in the workplace.

And you don't need to punish kids at school to teach them how to behave in a workplace. Just tell them that a workplace is different, and if they don't listen, that's their own fault. Sometimes things happen and you have to show up late, you shouldn't need to beg the school for forgiveness, it's none of their buisiness why people show up late or don't show up at all. Their job is to teach the kids who are there.

In my school if you arrive later than 8 min, you aren't allowed to come in the class at all. And you'll need to come back after school for an extra hour of class

In my school if you arrive later than 8 min, you aren't allowed to come in the class at all. And you'll need to come back after school for an extra hour of class

RoccoHout

If you're late to a job you get fired.

School is supposed to be "training" for the real world.

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[QUOTE="k2theswiss"]First before you cry about waking up at 5:40 to leave at 6:40. Don't cry anyone can get easy get ready in 20 mins. TWO IF your getting ride and it's not working then you need start taking the bus. or get your own ride. COME back and blame your home because your late when you have a good reason. SO Take the school bus or tell your dad get his butt up or get your self your own ridek2theswiss

I can't imagine myself getting ready in 20 minutes. I couldn't wake up, make and eat breakfast, take a shower, get dressed, check on my pets, and leave my house in anything less than 40 minutes.

That sounds highly stressful and insane. For me to do my morning routine "correctly," I need about an hour. 40 minutes is in full rush-mode, and that's only if I have breakfast that I can run out the door with.

The teachers union supports laziness which is probably why kids dont feel the need to show up to school on time. Moreover, the schools are not engaged in the students enough to enable them to want to be their on time.

Its partially the kids fault for being lazy, and they should be punished. It shouldn't be OK to stroll into class whenever you want. Its also the education systems fault for promoting the behavior.

For these reasons, I am a HUGE supporter of Charter Schools. They provide better results, a better education, with less resources.

lol Participation is like 5% of my school's grade, not much of a difference if a teacher takes off points. But kids at my school can get a truancy ticket (from the police) for being late too many times. Here's my stance on this issue: I see kids that walk into class 40 minutes late everyday when class lasts around 53 minutes and they don't get in any trouble while me, like the good Samaritan I am, arrives on time everyday. I think either I should get a cookie, or they should get a Tardy.bbkkristian

What's the point of having a class schedule if no one sticks to it? Showing up on time isn't a lot to ask so a reprimand for being late is only fair.

I hated high school for that reason. It starts so god damn early, and you expect these kids to be on time every day? High schoolKids are not getting enough sleep, how are you supposed to get 8-10 hours if youre up at 5:45? Being 2-3 minutes late is nothing, people should be much more lenient.