Tardiness: High School and Students

“Every hour misspent is lost forever, and future years cannot compensate for lost days at this period of your life. “- Anonymous. Tardiness can be broadly defined as missing time over the course of a school day. Students showing signs of dullness and their disengagement from school is apparent in actions and words, observed some students come to school appearing exhausted and half asleep, complaining about how early school begins.

They arrive late to school at all hours of the day and appear to have varying attitudes and stories for the attendance monitor regarding their repeated lateness. Many students are tardy because they had turned tardy to be a habit. A tardy mind student intends not to care much of education. The students not wanting to be there in the class makes them to be tardy. Enjoying the life is what a tardy student is doing, not knowing the consequences. 2 Students stand at the Discipline office door late for school each morning as they have done before.

The practice of being late to school is an unwritten behavior that may be passed on with each new student entering middle school, the appearance of large numbers outside the Discipline office in the morning, signifying the failure of these students to arrive on time for school and the apparent lack of self- regulation. The familiar faces of students lined up each morning in the Discipline Office with no apparent emotion or concern, without shame showing how lazy they are in coming to School.

They appear to not know they should be concerned about being late. The practice of standing on line late for school seems to repeat itself each year. Being on time is not only a duty for students, but also a part of good manners, aspect, good reputation, influential, and useful. Tardy all the time to class shows careless and a waste of time. Therefore, students should use their time wisely and do their best at all times. Tardiness is pretty much not an issue for student these days. It seems to be a 3 normal thing to them.

However, the reasons students being tardy can tell whether their student is being committed or not, being peer pressured, and responding to nature calls. * Statement of Problem The problems that will be dealt with in this study or term paper should be briefly stated as: * What is Tardiness? What are the probable causes that lead students from tardiness? * What are the remedies to stem out or uproot tardiness? * What are the effects of tardiness in thickheaded performances of the students? * And what would be the resultant productions tardiness be uprooted and/or completely eliminated. Research Objectives -To know the effects of tardiness to the academics of 4th year students of SOLAR. -To determine if tardiness could be the one of the root causes of poor student performances. 4 -To discover if tardiness is a cause of behavior problems faced in school. To figure out the reasons why the 4th year students of SOLAR come to school late. -To gather data to help recognize students’ attendance in order to provide programs that will assist each student to meet higher academic standards. -To prevent the students of SOLAR in coming late to school. Significance of the Study The significance of this study or term paper to the students is that, students will be able to concentrate in their study and improve their performance as well. For the school, late students is one of the biggest problems of the school that until now cannot be solved, making it less would give the discipline office a rest. Parents would be satisfied in the improved academics of their child. To the community, it allows districts to gather data to help recognize student attendance in order to provide programs and services that will encourage students to meet higher academic standards. * Scope and Delimitation of the Study: The study ‘Tardiness” focuses on the 4th year High School students Of School of Our Lady of Attach. The respondents are the 4th year students of SOLAR, 5 students per section, total to 30 individuals, the survey questions will be delimited to obtaining primary and secondary reasons of tardiness as well as assessing related factors underlying therewith. Information acquired and provided by students will be used to confirm or negate the feasible causes which were earlier stated.

The result of the survey will then contribute insight in planning and drafting of the solutions in addressing the said problems being intensified that needs appropriate action. * Definition of Terms Late: After the usual or expected time; missing time over the course of a school day 6 Discipline Office: Its duties are to hear the students charge and recommend he necessary action to be taken. Punctuality: The characteristic of being able to complete a required task or fulfill an obligation before or at a previously designated time.

Tardy/Tardiness: Being late for any measurable length of time past the stated or scheduled start time for work or school. Learning Disability: Decreased functioning in school despite the fact that the student is not mentally retarded or not emotionally disturbed. 7 Chapter II * Body * a. Tardiness A form of misconduct, quality of contaminate or later in time. Always and often times being tardy in the flag ceremony, in attending classes after recess mime in the morning and afternoon class sessions and during the first period in the afternoon class session.

There are observed instances that during their other activities that needs outdoor activities, they are behind schedule in attending to it. This problem had accumulated from tolerable to habitual state and it has significant impact in their performance at school. Other students had just the difficulty in optimizing their time as their subject related activities grows in bulk. Reported incidents on online games cyber addiction were prominent and this usually happens after LU inch reek.

Most of the class had been influenced by their peers and this would be embedded 8 in their mind pattern until college and ultimately to their vocation and their advent turns in b. Breakdown of probable causes 1 Sleeping habit/ shows obsession 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Family Values on punctuality Distance between residence and school Online/LANA games/Social Networking Sites(SANS) cyber compulsion Financial Constraints/Standard of Living Sending/Reading SMS/Calling/chatting with friends thru mobile phone Mode of transportation Subject/class related cause 9. Peer Influence 10. Bullying/ stress factor 11.

Classroom supervision 9 c. The Remedies to Stem out or uproot tardiness As the school inculcates discipline to have a world class graduates, globally competitive and well rounded individuals, the researcher had in mind to unearth the remedies Of this punctuality virtue which is annoyingly, losing its ground. The remedies that need to be considered are Time management, Responsibility, Time discipline, and Punctuality. Punctuality is one of the virtues beyond reproach. Much of the time and wealth will be saved if this virtue will be carried out to the system of very responsible citizen.

Punctuality will encompass all of the positive action in all aspects. Though it was less appreciated in other situations like productivity against punctuality, none the less, it is still very vital in situations that needed it most. D. Effects of tardiness It is clear from literature that tardiness is a major problem. Not only do students lose valuable educational instruction when they arrive late, but they disrupt the 10 educational environment and distract others who are in the class. Excessive tardiness has a negative impact upon a student’s future.

Some of the implications are academic failure, high school drop-outs, emotional dependency, drug dependency, fighting and bullying. Student tardiness is a key factor in determining if a child will become at risk. Without intervention, tardy behaviors often result in learning disabilities, serious emotional and social problems. E. Actions to completely eliminate Tardiness The researcher made an alternative courses of action in uprooting the problems of the students in their attendance and as well as their academics.