Tuesday, March 16, 2010

There are no late passes in college

Yay! It's pretty outside! And it's supposed to be in the 50s today. Apparently it's supposed to be sunny for the whole week in fact. Too bad I need to spend it inside working. Oh well, that's life.

I need to leave for class in about 2 minutes in order to be properly early. Some people, including me, like to show up early, which means that you have time to settle in and your professor will come into a classroom with you already in it (which leaves a good impression usually). Others will arrive right on time, and then some will arrive late. And honestly, arriving early guarantees that if there's trouble along the way (for instance, if you're attacked by a raccoon) you won't be late.

Being late to class
Is an insult both to your
Teachers and your grades.

Really, teachers hate to see students come in late, and some even count tardiness as an absence. Arriving late is an easy way to make your teacher dislike you and can count against your participation grade. Especially since usually the grade is based on no real set-in-stone basis. So if your teacher doesn't like you and you don't participate that much, it can lead to bad grade with very little bargaining power.

So why am I writing this? Well, I'm urging you to, instead of spending 5 minutes online and arriving late to class, arrive early and then spend 5 minutes online. Unless you're looking at porn, do that in private.

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