What would students do if they were allowed to check out without bringing a note or parental supervision? While there is no blanket statement to answer said question, the school seemingly thinks that whatever would come from allowing students to sign out without proper documentation would be too much to handle. A new attendance policy revealed to students in February prevents parent s from calling or sending emails to allow their students to sign out and instead, requires either a note to be submitted in the morning so it can be reviewed or a parent to physically come to the school for their child. Likewise, it has caused problems.
When students become sick at school and they do not have a parental note because they did not realize a virus
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If students cannot drive themselves home in case of emergency, is a car practical or even an asset? If students are unable to leave or sign out legally through the office, they may be tempted to skip. Skipping, a practice relatively common for high school students is reportedly easy. A student can slip out the bus doors, fire exit, or door near the cafeteria and not worry about being caught. This could be what some end up resorting to when they get sick. This method prompts debate as many think it may be wiser if the school were to allow sign outs and thus have the knowledge of where a student is instead of forcing students to turn to truancy.
Seeing as there are some unwanted consequences from this new rule, changes should be made. One of the most reasonable solutions would be to once more follow the old attendance policy, which allowed parent emails and phone calls during the day. While the school may be concerned with forgery in some cases, very few teenagers would be willing to take the time to construct a Ferris Bueller-like lie and put that amount of effort into a forged alibi. Certainly this system would be a reasonable and relatively safe measure, allowing students to sign themselves out, use their own cars, and still require parental
I agree with Garland I feel that attendance shouldn’t be mandatory because that’s just forcing those who don’t want to learn go to school. Those who are always getting into fights and causing problems shouldn’t be able to attend school. I like how Garland talks about why mandatory attendance is just based upon the idea that every American has the right to basic education. “But as the old saying goes, your rights stop where the next guy’s begin” (620). Garland explains how every student who wants an education regardless of their inabilities should find a way to receive an education. On the other hand, I remember when I used to go to high school and I witnessed how my friends thought attendance was a big joke. My classmates would always show up late or not even bother to show up. Participation points weren’t a big deal in Hope Academy since all of our classes were online. It didn’t take long before the school started to enforce strict rules. If one doesn’t want to attend school, shouldn’t show up. I feel that mandatory attendance is outrageous. One who wants to learn will find a way to receive an education. Mandatory attendance just gives the trouble-makers an opportunity to waste everyone’s time for those who really want to learn. To sum up, mandatory attendance shouldn’t be allowed. Schools are learning centers that provide students education they aren’t centers of entertainments. Garland also talks about school cafeterias and how they serve unhealthy
Number one rule in the book is “go to class always.” Many students used to go to school because their parents force them to. However, in college, students have the choice to attend the class or not. Some courses don’t have attending policy, so they won’t count students who where absent. This makes student feel more freely to whether attend class or not. Students usually skip classes because they pretend that they are tired or they want to go to a shopping mall. It is very easy to skip a class and give excuses, such as I was in the hospital, I made an accident, or I need to study for a final exam. After skipping a class, students go and take notes from other students who attended and class and copy them. However, this will affect them in their exams because they won’t get high grade as students who attend classes.
The penalty for not sending your child to school was a fine not greater than $20.00 and the violators were to be prosecuted by the city. The local school committee did not have the authority to enforce the law and although the law was ineffective, it did keep the importance of school before the public and helped to form public opinion in favor of education.
Trying to implement a mandatory attendance policy at the university would be a terrible idea. The students should have to make a decision whether or not to come to class on their own initiative, not only to teach them to be responsible for their own actions but would also weed out the students who were not really focused on learning. Most college students have never been subject to the real world and many need to learn that they have to do things own their own without any outside influence because in most situations once out on their own no one will be looking over their shoulder to make sure they go to work or even meet any other required appointments. School is not a right it is a privilege and people need to realize that if learning is not taken seriously there can be extreme consequences.
...od, eat and get back before their lunch period is over which could is a high risk for the individual to get in an accident, injured, or killed. The school would then be held responsible and the parents of that individual could place a law suit on the high school.
In the article “Is Facebook Making Us Lonely?” by Stephen Marche, the author tries to show that Facebook impacts on society in the various ways. Moreover, the purpose of this article is to convince the readers that they should really connect to each other like face-to-face contact rather than spending time online the social media. Marche states that “Facebook doesn’t destroy friendships, but it doesn’t create them either” (Marche 608). The author’s audience would be middle-aged adults and middle class in May 2012 that buy and read about the social media because they might be up sad of their life. He also discusses that social network is making us lonely, or if lonely people are addicted to the Internet. However, he states social network is “merely a tool” (608), and we can choose how to use them. Marche sounds very cynical. He is an analyst, but his article is not clear enough. The author’s situation is so complicated because he uses too much examples and stories. Stephen Marche in “Is Facebook Making Us Lonely?” is not effective in using pathos, connotative languages, tone and emotions to convince the reader that they should really connect to each other face-to-face rather than spending time online.
It’s almost 7:30 and the sun is just beginning to set for the night. I rush out of the shower and throw on whatever I have in my locker to wear. Dashing out of the locker room I try to avoid eye contact as I scurry out the door. If I stop to talk to a friend or check my mail I could miss my meal for the night. For at 7:30, the main dining facility and more than half the other on-campus will lock their doors until the next day.
There is a sense that parents fear truancy as if it were an infectious disease
Students want to go to college to further their education. An advancement in education gives students more opportunities. A college diploma helps students not only get a job, but keep it and make more money. College students want to be there because they are able to invest in themselves. In college, students are able to discover new passions, learn more about themselves as an individual, make new friends, and prepare for the future. On the other hand, in high school, students are required to go. According the to Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, the Compulsory Attendance Law states that a person who has custody of a child between the ages of seven and seventeen, are required to ensure that he or she is enrolled and regularly attending any time of schooling system. If a student between the ages of seven and seventeen fails to go to school, it is the parent’s responsibility and the parent will be
While walking through the front gates of County elementary school, you see children of all ages playing while they wait for the school bell to ring. Walking to the classroom that I will be observing you see students with their parent’s line up waiting to get signed in. The students are to be signed in by a parent or guardian for safety precautions, and shows that the child was signed into school. As a visitor, I am to sign myself in, this shows I was in the classroom, at what time was I there, and reason for visiting the classroom.
Some professors in universities and some departments have very tight polices related with attendance. There are many universities and colleges in the world which doesn’t consider regular attendance in their grading part system. Sometime if the professor knows about the excessive number of times the student was absent they will mark the name of student and the final grade of that class is lowered. This topic is an issue of debate all over the world. Some people support this rule while other is against this rule. In this paper, I have presented many arguments in favor of strict attendance policy while some arguments are against the strict attendance policy. Students in college and universities are matured enough to take their own decision (Bastedo,
The design of the intervention program for loneliness and bullying that I thought of would be towards middle schools. First, in the textbook, it states that there are two types of kids that are in loneliness. The first type of is that the person is rejected from society or people because they cannot avoid conflict. This creates chaos and problematic with others. Because of this, an idea that may be put in the program can illustrate to students about how important it is to keep harmony among others. For instance, presenters can show an example through a clip or have students prepared for the act. Students can then take a quiz based on the information. The quiz includes questions such as what the student will do in certain situations to avoid conflict. This will help students to realize what they should do and shouldn't do. After the quiz, the class can go over what students should've picked. By doing this, they explain why they didn't choose the most preferred answer. When Teachers can also encourage students to
While studying or even registering for a class presents a challenge to some college students, the greatest obstacle remains, going to class. Attending college is supposed to signify a new found freedom to make many important choices regarding education without high school mandatory attendance policies. However, students everywhere are coming to the staggering realization that college is not too different from high school. Teachers still take class roll and students are still expected to be at every class on time. What next, hall monitors in the hall? The time has come for action to be taken. Colleges must abolish mandatory student attendance policies for several reasons to be further discussed.
By doing attendance on computers, it saves a lot of time and confusion for schools. No one has to go around and pick up attendance and it does not have to be recorded anymore. Just one easy, quick step and it is all taken care of. In my opinion, although computers can be very helpful, it might take a while and some long hours for a teacher to switch over from running a classroom one way to using computers in their daily lesson plans.
Attendance is a crucial aspect of a student’s education. When a student is tardy or absent, this interferes with them receiving the information given in class. Class introductions that include instructions, objectives, due dates, etc. may be missed if a student is tardy and if a student is absent, they may also get behind on their class work and homework. Communication between teacher and students about the classroom management procedures for these two things are important so that students are informed and are able to take the initiative to gather what they have missed which can help avoid them falling behind. If tardies and absences are frequent, a teacher may begin to be concerned and question what could be the possible reasons behind it, whether that be an outside force in a student’s life or something that may be happening in the teacher’s own classroom. Establishing a relationship and reflecting upon oneself as a teacher to why the class might be having