Habitual tardiness

Corzhens

Corzhens

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What can you do when a student is always late for the class? Of course you will have to talk to the parents about it and try to discover the reason for the habitual tardiness. But I think it is not the teacher's responsibility although communicating with the parents about the issue is just right. Maybe the parents should also be blamed and if the teacher would threaten the parents with a failing mark for their child then that can effect a change in the morning habit of the student.
 
That's a tough one. The parents definitely need to step up and get the child to school. But how can you make them do that? Parents aren't always the most responsible and sometimes are even abusive. You could fail the child, but that sort of feels like you're punishing the child for what may be the parent's fault. Of course, a child can't learn what's being taught if they aren't there to be taught it. Maybe you could try assigning extra homework for the child since they keep missing class? The most important thing is to try to make sure the child is still learning and that they are in a safe situation at home. We don't know what might be going on at their home.
 
The pupil might have trouble commuting to school, it's probably due to transportation issues in the city. Too much traffic or packed trains are something that sometimes can't be avoided.
 
I, think that problem has something to do with parents. Some parents are also irresponsible and doesn't know how to discipline their selves. Their behavior affects their children. I often asked the grandson of our friend why they are always late or they don't have food to eat. The children confessed that their parents wake up late to the extent they don't have to eat breakfast. They said that their father played video game at night and their mother is watching Youtube video. ( Ha.Ha.Ha) These children have a poor performance in class and teacher is worried about it. But, the parents are relax.
 
I think it is important that a teacher has a conversation not only with the student, but his parents as well, in case the student is late for classes repeatedly.The teacher can explain to them the fact that if it happens many times that student is late for classes is a sign of disrespect not only towards the teacher, but also towards fellow students who did their best to show up in time to participate in classes.A simple chat might be suffice that the student makes it right and arrives in class on time.
 
I think it's very essential that a teacher not only speaks to the parents but as well as to the student. The student might be experiencing something horrible and doesn't have anyone to talk to, especially if that problem is related to his her family. Extend your help if you can, try to console the student first and see if there's something you can do.
 
For me, students may be habitually tardy because the teacher himself never keeps time or because the teacher may be boring and makes zero attempt at doing anything to improve. Make the beginning of class especially interesting. That may entice the dawdlers to get to school on time. Start class soon after the bell rings with a brief but fun task such as a puzzle, a joke, a brain teaser, a humorous poem, or an educational game. You might even place on students' desks a fun task for them to begin as soon as they enter the classroom.

The consequences of lateness may not be immediate as to call our attention to its dangers but it surely is as lethal as indiscipline, noise making, talking out of turns, aggression or any other school misdemeanor. If teachers do not set their expectations clearly, students tend to take advantage to arrive or even leave class at their will.
 
Klint said:
I think it's very essential that a teacher not only speaks to the parents but as well as to the student. The student might be experiencing something horrible and doesn't have anyone to talk to, especially if that problem is related to his her family. Extend your help if you can, try to console the student first and see if there's something you can do.
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I totally agree with you. Sometimes things are happening at home that could be out of the student's control to get to school on time. And sometimes not, but communication is the key here I believe.
 
It's very important that teachers inquire the student as to the reason for his/her tardiness. Rather than immediately contacting the parents, the teacher should at least do everything that he/she can and help the student out. This way, the teacher will hear first-hand the reason for the student's tardiness and may even help him/her overcome it.
 
Well, I would say that the fault entirely is of the parents if their children frequently come late to the school. Coming on time to the school is very necessary for every student in order to maintain discipline in the School. Most of the times the parents are busy with there work and tend to be late in dropping the children to the school. If a student is frequently coming late to the school then it is very necessary to talk with the parents and gently warn them about the rules of the School.
 
It's a tough one until you get to the root cause of what's making the student late. Maybe they live somewhere with irregular public transport and their parents both work so they can't drop them to school personally. In situations like that I don't know what can be done. I think it does warrant a discussion with both the student and their parents to try and resolve the issue though.
 
I think you need to talk to the sutdent first before talking to his/her parents. Perhaps, the parents don't know that their kid is reaching school late. In my opinion one of the reasons why a student arrives late in school is because he is not interested in attending class either because he is a poor performer or because he is being humilated or bullied in the class. You must talk to the kid forst.
 
chameli said:
I think you need to talk to the sutdent first before talking to his/her parents. Perhaps, the parents don't know that their kid is reaching school late. In my opinion one of the reasons why a student arrives late in school is because he is not interested in attending class either because he is a poor performer or because he is being humilated or bullied in the class. You must talk to the kid forst.
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That is the idea why the teacher has to talk to the parents because the parents have the right to know what is happening to their child in school. Talking to the student will give you information but it may not be the means to resolve the problem. Making it worse is if the student is fooling around and telling you lies so that you will not know the real score why he is always late for his classes. At least the teacher will know from the parents if the student is telling the truth.
 
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