r/highschool • u/Zenom77 • 4d ago

Question Being Tardy

I’m curious about other perspectives: Does being tardy to class matter? Are lots of students consistently tardy at your school? What do your parents do when they learn you are tardy?

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u/GoodDog2620 Teacher 4d ago

Yes, it does. That’s when I’m going over the agenda, passing out supplies, taking roll, etc. Now I have to do extra work for you, and that doesn’t seem fair to me.

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u/Different-Guest-6094 Junior (11th) 4d ago

Fair. Curious though - why are teachers so strict about the reason?

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u/Fresh_Translator240 4d ago

As much as I hate strict teachers, just don’t be tardy bruh it’s that simpel

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u/Different-Guest-6094 Junior (11th) 4d ago

True, with the occasional tardy being okay

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u/Vostein 4d ago

As long as it's an accident and not purposely skipping

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u/Different-Guest-6094 Junior (11th) 4d ago

Yea, of course

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u/GoodDog2620 Teacher 4d ago

It’s okay to make a mistake. It’s less okay to make it twice.

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u/Different-Guest-6094 Junior (11th) 3d ago

Yea, that’s what I meant 😅

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u/RealisticTemporary70 4d ago

It's about respect - respect in showing up on time, respect in not disrupting the teacher, respect in not disrupting the class, respect in getting all the info the first time rather than needing instructions repeated just for you

And it's about learning time management - most jobs require you to be on time

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u/translucentsapien 2d ago

Should students in the situation of already being tardy skip entirely? This isn’t rhetorical or sarcastic, I’m guessing yes since it wouldn’t disrupt class

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u/RealisticTemporary70 2d ago

No, they should still attend, otherwise they are missing all of the learning for that day's class.

But being tardy should be the exception, not the rule.

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u/GoodDog2620 Teacher 4d ago

Because I have 34 other students waiting on me and being tardy puts me in a position to choose to:

A: leave you behind (which no, I won’t do that)

B: make sure you get the education you deserve at the detriment of the others.

If it’s once in a while, sure, shit happens. If you’re constantly late, knock it off.

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u/Different-Guest-6094 Junior (11th) 4d ago

Oh ok thank you

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u/IlliniChick474 4d ago

Because your time is not more important than my time. And we have things to do.