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Monday: Do you think the tardy problem was becoming a "big" problem (interfering with learning)?
Based on my hallway observations during my planning hour and during 5th and 6th hours (video production) I think the tardies were getting worse. It seemed that too many students were not just tardy, but plain truant (skipping the entire hour, walking around). Too often these students exhibit very rude behavior while they slowly make their way to class (loud, talk back, swear at each other, etc.)
ReplyDelete- Mr. Richter
i BELIVE THE TARDY PROBLEM IS NOT A BIG DEAL ITS JUST STAFF AND TEACHERS ARE MAKING IT BIG DEAL - Kami Flake
ReplyDeleteThere will always be tardies. Trying to make tardies obsolete is kind of pointless. -Alayna Bailey
ReplyDeleteI don't think that tardies are as big of a deal as the staff seems to be making it... I try to be on time to every class everyday but sometimes I slip up and I'm late.
ReplyDelete-Lauren Wicke
Its pointless for all these procedures. just making it worse. -nate C.
ReplyDeleteIts mainly the people that are tardy repeatedly. Those who don't care are always late. You can't just make them care all of a sudden. Its just going to take all this time and its more than likely not going to work.
ReplyDelete-Raechel Price
Yes, I do think that the tardy problem was interfering with learning. I think was/is interfering with learning because when kids are tardy they miss the work that the teacher has given out in the first few minutes of the class period. And when they miss the work they get behind and end up having missing work which makes them have a bad grade.
ReplyDelete-Morgan McCoy
i think that tardys isnt that big of a deal. bc its there choice to be in the hall ways. meng yang
ReplyDeleteI believe.. that tardy people and early people can work together to make the school a better place! free speach is speachable
ReplyDeleteThe tardy problem was becoming a small issue. I just don't think that it was to the point where it was necessary to keep students all hour in order to 'teach a lesson'.
ReplyDelete-Sarah Kimmel
The tardy problem might've been a big deal before, but closing classes completely isn't going to fix things. It's just going to make people who use the bathrooms tardy/absent more often (because classes close and almost all bathrooms are locked). Locking all the classes is not a solution, and neither is the idea of bellwork. Normal students grades will go down if they miss bellwork, but people who are normally tardy may have never done the bellwork if they had come in in time.
ReplyDelete- Melissa Scenga
Its A Waste To Me, No Point In It..-David N.
ReplyDeleteNo i dont think it was interfering with learning but it was a problem.-Cameron Sanchez
ReplyDeleteI really don't think that tradies are a huge deal. We are just making a bigger deal out of them then we need to be. But also by making all the "new" policies, people are just going to be tardy to get out of class and go home. We just don't need to be making as big of deal as we are about them. --Natalie Stouffer
ReplyDeleteTardies are always going to be a problem because students dont care if there tardy or not-Tim Blake
ReplyDeletehow come they don't just get public safty to work a little harder. they seem a little lazy during the day sometimes--Alex payne
ReplyDeleteThe tardies our getting worse every day.
ReplyDeleteThe Principal is fighting a pointless battle. You cant get rid of tardies. -Grant Swix
ReplyDeleteI do think that the issue with tardies was becoming a problem, but not a very "big' one. All that the school is now doing to combat it blows it a bit out of proportion, though.
ReplyDelete~~Obada Ejoh
The tardies was becoming a problem but the teachers and staff are bringing it to a whole new level-Ernest Beasley
ReplyDeleteI think the New rule is pointless it's not going to help the students they are still going to be late and tardy. It's just a waste of time for the staff to keep on telling them to get to class. -Chris Lowure
ReplyDeleteno i dont feel like the tardy thing was really interferring with learning unless the person being tardy let it become an issue. i understand those who are tardy all the time but not once or twice not everyone should be punished for other people's stupidity.!!!!!!!! -ALYSSA
ReplyDeleteYeah tardies are a problem but its not as big a deal as these new policies are making them. - Sovran Brown
ReplyDeleteThey are making a big deal out of nothing they are fighting tardys by taking more time out of kids classes sounds whoever came up with this idea probably needs more education then these kids
ReplyDeleteI think students need to stop thinking this is a popularity contest or "hang out" place. And security needs to step it up as well in the department. They yell get to class each day but unless something changes after today besides the policy, thats all they do. Even when I arrive late as frequently as I do to first hour they walk right past without ? or comment.
ReplyDeleteNicholas
no the tardies are not that big of a deal & they are not interfering with the learning.
ReplyDelete-Tanya Mundt !
yes because it interrupts class and teaching. also if you have to many tardys it can add up and you can fail the semester. Fonso #15
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ReplyDeleteSimple yes?
Tardies dont matter to me, I dont get them and when I do... WHO CARES? Its not a big deal.
ReplyDelete"free speach is speachable"
I think people need 2 stop being tardy and get to class on time and stop thinking it's cool to be tardy
ReplyDelete~Mercedes~
i dont think tardies were interfering with learning, i think the new policy is interfering with learning.
ReplyDelete-Tiara H.
i dont think tardies are as bad as the teachers and all the staff members make it out to be. they cant make people care about school so they mine as well just get over the fact that people ARE going to be late to class.
ReplyDelete-Chelsey N. Clark
The tardies are a problem, but the "solutions" that are being used to combat the situation are not helping. Punishing the good students who happen to be unlucky is just going to hurt the situatuion rather than deal with the main problem, which is trying to deal with the kids that are always late and just skip all the time.
ReplyDelete-Joey Coscarelli
It SHOULDN'T be that big of a deal, but when people are tardy this much, and don't go to class, it affects the rest of us. When teachers have to open the door for tardy people, or ask why they are tardy, and catching them up in class, they waste our instruction time as well as their own. The people who are usually tardy are the ones who just don't want to be here, and don't go to class, and give our generation a bad reputation. NOT all of us are kids who skip, so that's not what you want representing you. We should just get those kids out of the school, because they are a waste of time, effort, and space.
ReplyDeleteI think the tardy problem was interferring with the learning of those who were tardy. Not those who were on time. but I think it is retarded that teachers want us to be on time but tell us we cant have a pass to the bathroom. Some students cannot go to the bathroom and be on time so they hurry to class and then wait the 15 minutes and then ask for a pass but some teachers refuse to give us passes.I think students who are tardy will just leave and skip so they dont have to go to the social room. thts my opinion.-Jessica Z.
ReplyDeletethe tardy problem been a big problem!!
ReplyDelete-chelsey g
Teachers and staff are making a big deal about tardies other wise it wouldnt be a big deal. No tardies are not interfering with learning.
ReplyDelete~*~Elnea Herrera~*~
of course not they just want to make sure there is no skiping and interupting class time but i think they taking it to fare with the consequences that is to much for being late...wtf what happens if u gotta go to ure locker and the bathroom.... Tyler B.
ReplyDeleteWell i think their just over reacting. Yea alot of people are tardy but IDK Why we have to do warm up. I dont see where it makes a diffrence.
ReplyDelete~Taylor L.
I dont believe the tary problem was only hindering the learning of those who were not in class. Though it had become a problem as to keeping the hallways clear and in a way scars the reputation of our school.
ReplyDeleteI sai if they arn't going to do there work anyways don't make them come to class... and don't stress so much about your students not being in class when half the teachers yell all hour making students not want to be there.
ReplyDeleteFred Turner thinks that the tardy problem was a problem because they secruity was just letting the people skip instead of taking them to class to taking them to the social room. so i think that they are a waste of time and space for the people that want to learn.
ReplyDeleteI think that the tardy policy IS interfering with the learning of Eastern students.
ReplyDeleteThough it may seem that it has come into a big effect and has worked for the past 3 hours, it still interupts classes. Since sometimes, students aren't aware of certain 'go to library/lab' days, which in turn, make the students late.
-Brandon O'Berry
i don't think that the trady is such a big problem if there is a a good reason for being late such as walking between floors with a lot of kids.however, if the kids are late because of talking it will be a big problem so it depends on the student's behaviours.
ReplyDeleteban baraya
i think the tardy thigh is because of lazy parents
ReplyDeletei think tht this whole system for tardies are stupid.you teachers are always complaining about to tardies.but what your doin is jus gonna make it worst.lik the thing with the consequences for being late.if yu guys are passing out detensions people are jus gonna either become late more.or just want to drop out.all the new rules are pointless and a waste of time.
ReplyDelete-Gabby B.
Well being tardy is'nt really THAT big of a deal yeah we know that it's not cool but at the same time if there are kids out there who don't go to class or are tardy all the time thats their fualt the ones who are trying to get an education will be in class so let those kids do what they do! If they like to be tardy then let them be it's there education you can only help them soo much.
ReplyDeleteJEFF-WALKER
The tardies weren't interfering with learning, but the new policy soon will be. I think that the new policy isn't going o work; just like the rest of the stuff they have going on. But it's not that hard just to come to class either so in my opinion its not that big of a deal.
ReplyDelete- Quatica
I think that the tardy problem is a problem that needs to be dealt with , but it is not to the level that they say it is.- Jordan King
ReplyDeleteTardies really don't make a school the grades and the progress of the students make the school.And since we are soo hung up on tardies we are forgetting that when those so called "Tardy Kids" miss class to go down to the social room there grades won't get any better i mean how can they i'm just fed up with all these so called ideas that this school comes up with it's just plain annnoying!
ReplyDelete*Jabarie Anderson*
i dont think you should be counted tardy if you are jus arriving to school. because it may not be your fault that you cant get to school on time. but yes a student should be counted tardy if it happens frequently.
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ReplyDeleteI don't think that the tardy is big problem but the teachers and staff have a good time to look at how they can protect the tardies of the students.No one wants to late at school but they late,it is not becoming a big problem.For me, i am not always late.
ReplyDelete-Nelson Mandela
For sure tardiness has became an issue throughout the whole semester. But as we think about what we can do to make it better theres really not a whole lot we can do since people are going to do whatever they want because they dont abiously care about getting a proper education...
ReplyDelete-Madelaine Pelaez
I have looked at most of ur guys' comments, and most of them I agree with, (with exceptions) but the only people you can (really) blame is the students.
ReplyDeleteThen you have the case of the security gaurds who yet, DO let people skip sometimes, but thats not all the case.
But to blame it on the parents is mostly false, since you DO follow whatever you are by the most.
With that said, the blame is mostly on the students for not getting to class ON TIME, and not dilly-dallying in the hallways with friends, who, are also dilly-dallying in the hallways.
ReplyDeleteMr. Richter......
ReplyDeleteI love this idea of blogging, but the only thing that CAN be done depends on students.
Making a BIG deal about tardies is a stupid thing and then taking actions towards it can waste more money then it is worth.
ReplyDeleteDo what you would do with apples, Keep the good and throw away the bad
No I don't think the teardy problem is that bad. There is always going to be tardies no matter what.
ReplyDelete-David Hernandez
I think tardiness is only a problem when the same students are continously late. And im sure they'd be more than happy to go home...
ReplyDelete-Bryonna Trevino
Tardy*
ReplyDeleteIt's not a big problem. It's just mainly the freshmen.
ReplyDelete- Amelia A.
Tardies will always occur no matter what. but different reasons will come up on the subject to give people detention because they were late once is really stupid. also taking students out of class will defeat the point of school the whole point is to be in class not sitting in the social room doing nothing- Billy Hundt
ReplyDeleteno i dont think they were all the school is going to do is make things worse
ReplyDelete-Eric Steele
Yes tardies are bad. Though the new policies for the tardies are not going to change anything, but stop other students learning....deanna m
ReplyDeleteBernade lizaire 4th hour
ReplyDeletei dont think it waqs a big deal
if you come to class on time then you come to class on time. if your late your late.
people come to class late or dont even show up cause they dont feel like coming to class and thats all on them. thats there decision. people who do come to class on time. come to class cause they want to learn. but there are some people who come to class and sleep.
so this tardie thing is stupid. let the students skip let them be late.
the security gaurds need to do there job.
get those kids out the hall and suspend them do something with them
I believe it is a problem, not a very big problem.. But it hurts only the people who are choosing to skip. Although I think it'd be better to just send them to class, so that they can get there work and be in the learning class. I don't believe people being late is much of a problem.. -Laura Hundt
ReplyDeleteI do think there was wayyy too many tardies but I dont feel it interupted learning for the majority of students. The students who are tardy dont have an incentive to be on time and therefor will continue to be late or just skip.
ReplyDeleteI do think, however, that the tardy policy in effect now will effect students learning because you miss an entire class by being late by only a min. or so. The hallays are conjested and if you have to do anything(locker,bathroom,etc) its very likely you WILL be tardy.
-Amelia
i think that it is bad but i dont think that people should get suspended cause that take time away from them getting there work done
ReplyDeleteLeroy Green
Yes, but only to a certain extent. I can't speak out of personal experience here, I'm sure most of the teachers can't either, but sometimes stuff will happen and things don't go according to plan. So, for the kids that this doesn't effect on a daily basis, but it might in the future due to bad planning or something else? This is a horrible idea. Trying to solve the tardy program starts where it begins, with the students. If the kids don't care enough to be on time, they probably don't care much about the class and looking for a reason to not go to school for two days or something like that is probably just an appealing option to them. Maybe they can just give us more bells and that will fix everything...
ReplyDelete-Justin McKnight
I think that the tardy problem is sothing thats annoying for everyone
ReplyDeleteJustin
i feel that it is kinda a "big" problem because it is awalys the same kids and i feel if they dont want 2 be here then why come mariah*
ReplyDeleteYeah it's a big problem. There going good about it though. -Adam Cortez 4th hour
ReplyDeleteI believe that the tardiness was of course a problem, only because it was the same people every hour of every day. I don't think the new policies make much sense at all. I guess in some ways it could have interfered with learning, like disrupting a classroom. But even then it would be for what, two seconds? If anything the policy would interfere with learning more so than the tardiness itself.
ReplyDelete- Lynea Villegas
I believe that the tardiness is a problem, but the school should find out a better way to fix it. They're only turning what would be the student's tardy to an absense, taking away more learning time from the student.
ReplyDelete-Jessalyn Gonzales
Mmmm yeah the tardy problem is always big, and its always gonna be. this isn't the right way to handle it though.
ReplyDeletei do not think the tardy problem as affected my learning in the classroom. Sdudents who rarely walk in late to my classroom just take thier seats and strat working on the assinments in the classroom. i thinkg that as lond as a sudent does his or her work in the classroom and gets a good grade tardies should not matter.
ReplyDeleteTardiness wasn't really interfering with lear ning. The teachers have come to an understanding about frequently tardy students on a case by case basis. Either they work or they don't, either they are distracting or they aren't. Popping in to class late only hurts their own learning, and perhaps wastes a small amount of the teachers 'down time' when they have to repeat instructions 1 on 1. It definitely does not derail whole classes.
ReplyDelete~Matt Johnson
i really dont think doing anything or tring to stop tardies is going to work. Its the students fault if there tardy so just leave it alone!!!!
ReplyDelete~Chelsey Holbrook~
Tardies are a huge problem. Let's lower the drop out age so people who don't care won't be here after middle school. Maybe not, but what I get from the new tardy policy is that it's better to be absent than tardy.
ReplyDelete-Katie King
I am late to first hour almost everyday by a few minutes. But that does not make my grades worsen. But i think that if you are coming into class 15 to 20 minutes late it is a problem.
ReplyDelete-Eric Goss
I commented up there....just forgot to type my name...i said mmmm yeah....
ReplyDeleteKelly Christopherson
See my response from first hour.
ReplyDelete-Myata B
i dont think its a big deal. it will make less people tardy but there will be that one time that someone gets caught and its not their fault Brett Anderson
ReplyDeletehaha not for me
ReplyDelete§kyler ☺☻♦♣♥♠
Being tardy hasn't always been such a great problem here at Eastern High school. I belive that tardiness started once lunch was shortened to a half hour and set to an "on-campus" lunch. The problem being, that kids feel the need to escape the learning environment and have a break in order to relax and enjoy a fun environment with friends. Not only is it the free time, it is also the food. Having an open-campus lunch provides a much more larger spectrum of food variety. In conclusion, I belive that tardiness would, in fact, be much less of a problem if the students were given the lunch time we used to have. --Aubriana Ward
ReplyDeleteI really do think that tradies are a huge deal...but i dont think the new rules are going to help..i mean if i know im going to be late then i may as well not even go to that hour at all.If im going to miss it anyways.At least even though im late i still got some of the infomation! BETTER THEN NONE
ReplyDelete-Galen Gleason
No people who want to learn get their work done regardless the rest make excuses
ReplyDelete-Leo Mendoza
I think people need 2 stop being tardy and get to class on time and stop thinking it's cool to be tardy.because if u dont want to go to calss than dont came to school...
ReplyDelete-ayan muse
I think the tardy problem was becoming a "big" crisis because not only is Eastern High being targeted as the worst tardy high school out of the three in the Lansing School District but kids that come in late are interrupting class rooms whether they enter in quietly or not, others that are seated still get distracted. I am glad to see improvements from our school administration and hope they can keep this policy in effect. -Ryan Gilbert 5th Hr.
ReplyDeleteNO WAY! we have tardies for a reason so you dont have to miss the whole hour. this new rule makes it so that if you are late you lose all of the hour that you were late too and a lunch hour, this will cause kids who are late just to skip and when a kid skips one hour they are usually gone for the whole day. if a kid is going to be tardy everyday then that is there problem and they will fail because of it but now it makes it so that you dont even get one strike you are just out
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ReplyDeleteI think that this will always be a problem, but this is not the way to fix it. What is the point of making students who are 3 minutes late for class miss the entire class period? Missing an entire class period loses a lot of learning rather then 3 minutes. How are students suppose to learn in the social room? Oh and when people are tardy and are told to go to the socail room, why would they go to the social room? Most of the students are just going to leave school and skip the class period as well as others. This is not going to make students be on time for class
ReplyDelete~~Rachel Turner~~
i really dont thin it was necessary to make the tardy issue this big because now soem students will have more reason to skip a class because they say they wont let me in class and i dont want to get lunch detention so i will skip thats even worst so think they should have just let it go untill next semester now they made it hard for eveyone and it wont effect me because im on time most ofthe times but people who arent even once awhile there in trouble
ReplyDeleteFarid.S
I don't think it was a "big" problem with learning, then again I"m not a freshman who deals with tardies every day, every hour. I don't agree with the new tardy policy but there is "tardy halls" in other schools, so it could possibly work. I think it is the same people who are tardy who are the problem.
ReplyDelete-Lauren Lindemulder
booty hole!!!!!
ReplyDeletethere has to be a better way of dealing with tardies then cracking down on the entire school. kids who are frequently absent won't care if you give them a detention or a suspension, they'll just stop coming altogether. it's as simple as that. you won'tbreak the bad habits of a few by punishing everyone - Charles Raymo
ReplyDeleteTardiness is inevitable in a school setting. Some kids just aren't going to get the message. The clocks are a good effort, minus the fact that they have successfully confused people. But the bellwork will only make people want to miss the first bit of class even more.
ReplyDelete-Jess M.
The new tardy policy most likely won't affect me. I am rarely tardy.
ReplyDelete-Joe Ulrich
we all have to understand that tardies are a problem althou they are not big the real problem is he people who are tardy come in the class loud and cause a scean which is a little more unaccepteble than the tardy it's self tardys are not as bad as an absence but non-the-less but still a little unexepteble but the real problem is how the numbers are stagering considering the fact that in the 40 days we had school there were a estamted 95 tardies from the freshman class alone but the 2 most serious problems is the students (mainly freshman) stand around and block off the students who are moving and geting to class,and the super strict polocies which are going to punnish heavly on te usual tardies and some of thhe people who rearly get them sadly i cant think of a solution for this but it can be better even if it was from the top of my head but for now we have to cross are fingers and hope for the best
ReplyDelete-abigail de la p.
ReplyDeleteyes it is a big problem becuase the students who are late are interruping the other students who want to learn
Yes i do think the tardies was becoming a prolem however not interferring with learning because the people who want to learn with make an effort they are tardy not absent even though they eventually get to that point but they are taking this too far.
ReplyDelete-Romesha Clark
A "big" problem? No, it isn't.
ReplyDeletethis school has worse problems then tardies. Instead of forcing students to class, why not change the classes so students don't WANT to skip it. You wonder why students don't go to class.. it's the teachers! The teachers here don't like their jobs or the people they're around. So what do they do, they make everyones life around them miserable. Thats why students skip class.
-Jonathan Rouse
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ReplyDeleteYou're trying to eliminate tardies by forcing us to be absent to class & sit in the social room when we are late? That's pretty pointless & really doesnt make much sense. Not that it matters, as this won't last long at all. Probably a couple more weeks at the most.
ReplyDeleteyes because the students continue to be tardy to class like it wasn't that big of a deal. Now that we've enforced the tardy policy, hopefully the skippers will take the hint and go to class, i mean making the classes harder won't solve anything. Students will assume theyre going to fail, and intentionaly not go. So this tardy policy hopefully will lower the tardy percentage.
ReplyDelete~Rebekah Lawler~
i dont think that the tardies are a big deal, i think that all these new rules are stupid and pointless, and its just gonna make it worse.
ReplyDelete-Tyler Hoover
The tardies haven't gotten worse in my opinion, and were never that big a deal. I think the entire policy and reaction of the administration was a gross overreaction. Giving people detentions for being slightly tardy is counterproductive, especially since good students are very frequently tardy. - Kayleigh R.
ReplyDeletethe tardy rule sucks plain and simple :)
ReplyDelete- Tony Weed
i don't think it's a big deal, well to me. i know some are tardy. but some just don't care
ReplyDelete-zach vanamber
I think we have bigger things to worry about like Global Warming.
ReplyDelete-Abdelaziz Adawe
I don't think it was a big problem. I agree that it is a problem, but what about the people that are RARELY late, and now they're going to be forced to miss class because we're late one time? That's kind of extreme. Teachers and administrators expect us to be able to walk from one end of the school to the other, up stairs/down stairs and then have time to still use the bathroom? It's tough to do so. Also, the warning bell can be a bit confusing... Earlier, I saw Mrs. Smith shut her door at the warning bell refusing to let students in until she realized it was only the warning bell.
ReplyDelete-M. Rambo.
i think it's not going to affect me because i'm not at school the first 3 classes
ReplyDelete-Sean Riley
Those who care about their grades and whether or not they get to class on time are already making sure they're doing what they're supposed to. Those who don't care, aren't going to make the effort, just as they haven't all along. Although, if an individual is responsible enough, this new policy shouldn't effect them at all. In the long run, it seems it will only make for more disgruntled and frustrated students who will eventually skip out on school all together.
ReplyDelete-Anita Hernandez <3
Yes I think the tardies has become a problem. People would come into the class all late, and be loud. Sometimes people would just come in, and sit down. While class is in session, kids would be in the hallways loud, and cursing. So Im glad the school has a new policy.
ReplyDeleteI think tardy has become a problem because a lot of student goes to class late and the teacher has to stop teaching other student until that person sit down and be quiet. But I don't care about it is not a problem to me I am on time every classes.
ReplyDeleteBy:Shakira
A "big" problem? No, it isn't.
ReplyDeletethe kids here get to class on time but for the group of kids that do geve a dame if thay are late or on time but the kids who do get to class on time or going to a big problem becuase the students who are late are interruping the other students who want to learn to not go to class
-Quentin VanHorn
The "Tardies Issue" honestly in my opinion was the staff's way to distract the students and teachers from the actual problems this school faces. It was never a big issue, and if kids want to skip kids will skip. If we put as much energy, time, and concearn in real issues we could actually make this school a better place. I for one am rarely late and if i ever am late i now have to worry about some idiodic policy that virtually no students are in favor for. This policy should be SHUT DOWN!
ReplyDelete_Tommy Shauver
i think that tardies isnt a big deal.... i dont think it matters at all. Aveen Majeed
ReplyDeleteI agree with Abdelaziz global warming is a much bigger issue and is an actual issue! SAVE THE POLAR BEARS!
ReplyDeleteJON says:
ReplyDeleteUmmm....hmmm....MOO. I LIKE CHEESE....and about the Tardy Policy...I could really care less. I'm not really ever tardy...soooo...ha. I WIN....duh. Hmmm...what else to say...No...I'm not a creeper...I'm yuor MOTHER...and yeah...ummm...I think the tardy get should it in gear before I kick there rear. lol. Nice rhyme, huh? But....mhmm....they NEED to stop being late....bunch a tards. Hahaha. GET TO CLASS!!!!!
i think tradies are a big problem but i think the school is over reacting because all their doing is making kids miss an half hour of class just to write them up because they were a couple minutes late!
ReplyDelete~miko evans
check 4th hr- Deanna m
ReplyDeleteI think that this boils down to the home life. If someone say is at home talking to their girlfan all night and dont get any sleep. This causes them to be tired and sleep in. Oh wait theres school. And when they come to school late, causing a tardy, they sleep 95% of the day waisting their parents tax dollars.
ReplyDeleteJ. Hill
the tardy issue will never change. ppl will skip reguardless!!! they have their "reasons" and they will make any and every excuse to do so. feens will be feens!!!!-Destiney M.
ReplyDeleteWho came up with the idea of tardiness and absence? Teachers should not be responsible for student tardiness because that is their responsibily. What they should do is focusing on teaching those who are in class and ignore those whose are late. Teacher obligation is teaching not babysitting, if students don't want to go to class time,that's their choice they make and they will have to deal with the consequences like loosing precious time of learning. Security need to walk around to keep the quietness in the hallway. The stricter admisstration tries to press on students on tardiness the more likely students will try to violate those rules.
ReplyDeleteWe sould focus more on the constant threat of terroism. I dont wanna die. But thats just me
ReplyDeleteTardiness is a problem and will always be a problem. But I don't think it's as big of a problem as the staff tries to make it out as. It doesn't make any sense whatsoever to take someone out of their class for being a couple seconds/minutes late. I don't think that this much time should be wasted on a problem this little.
ReplyDelete-Brenda Thai(reposted)
Tardiness is a minor problem but its is not as serious as skipping, missing a couple minutes of class will not interfere with your learning
ReplyDelete-Michael Jay Le
Ehhhhh....tardy kids will be tardy kids...just get rid of em....geeezzz...OBVIOUSLY ALL you have to do when you DO catch them is check they're attendance...some kids may be be late just that ONE time, while others are CONSTANTLY late. I'm sure the "big man...well....woman" can at LEAST do THAT much if they're SOOOOOOOOO obsessed with them... "Gotta catch em all, huh?" Sounds like some reject pokemon show....YOU'RE NO ASH KETCHUM, PRINCIPAL!!!!
ReplyDelete-Jon
the real problem is the behavior of students in their classrooms. i mean they just talk to their teachers however they want and say things that are disrespectful. its disrupting to the other students in the classroom trying to get an education. the teachers dont deserve that type of reaction when they're the ones helping you graduate. if a teacher politely asks you to quit talking, or even requests for you to give them your phone, just do it without a hassle. no need to draw attention to yourself and make a big scene. you're only embarassing yourself.
ReplyDelete~ReBeKaH lAwLeR~
"Do you think the tardy problem was becoming a 'big' problem (interfering with learning)?"
ReplyDeleteThe first section of the question asks if I think the tardy problem was becoming a 'big' problem... honestly when HASN'T it been a 'big' problem. This school doesn't exactly have what you would call the best reputation, and this problem has been here way before our years. Even back when my brother and sister attended this damn school people would skip or just talk in the halls. Every single effort that our 'Staff' has tried has only further pressed the issue. If someone tries to make a rule telling a bunch of teenagers NOT to do something than they will just about feel obligated to try anyway to go against what is expected of them. It's almost like a double edged sword; tell them they can skip, no one would go to class;
tell them they have to get to class on time 'or else', they look at the staff and security guards and just say f**k it. There's pretty much no way to completely stop people from being tardy or to keep them from skipping, someone will always do it for years and years to come.
As for the second section of the question, (interfering with learning), I kind of figure that if the student really wants to learn and get the most out of the only free education they'll ever get than they WILL attend class and NOT skip. It's pretty much the dividing line between the kids who do care about their future, and those who do things to either fit into some kind of 'social group' that won't even matter as soon as they leave highschool and those who just have no means to further their education.
In short, is it a big problem? [yes]
can we do anything to stop it? [no]
interfering with learning? [not to those who are there]
- George Avendano
it is a problem for the kids who are not coming to school.. or the children who are late for class.. the school is devided into two different groups of people, the people who want to learn and the children who just come to waste time. they who are wasting our time and there own have to make the decison on their on just aas ms. phol says at the end of every anouncement "... make it a good day or not THE CHOICE IS YOURS" so basically thay have to make the choice to make an effort to make their matter during the 6 periods we spend at school
ReplyDelete~brendi Showers
Teachers just need to get over the fact that students arent in class...just kick them out completely, they OBVIOUSLY don't wanna be here so stopwasting our time...honestly...
ReplyDelete-Jon
Yes, I think its causeing more problems than good things. When you are tardy you get to stay down in the social room not learning anything and with us so close to finales we need to be in class even when we are late. Yea the tardys are going down thats true but the absents are going up too and if you get 10 absents you automatically fail So IDK what there trying to do but i hope it gets better.
ReplyDelete~Taylor L.
Being tardy has nothing to do with paying attention in class. Being tardy is a problem of getting to class on time. But when you're actually there then you have nothing else to worry about from there except paying attention and learning what you're supposed to.
ReplyDelete-Brenda T 4th hour
I think the tardy issue is a big problem. There is no reason so many kids should be tardy. We have 5 minutes to make it from one class to another. Which i think is more than enough time. And alot of the staff members are getting disrespected by the students in the hall when they try to get them to speed it up.
ReplyDelete-Bryonna Trevino