<p>It's been slightly more than a semester in college, and one of the problems I find that I'm frequently having is that I'm having punctuality problems, especially for my morning classes. While I understand that definitely needs to be worked on, the question arises on whether or not I should show up to class if I'm going to be late.</p>
<p>In most cases, the lecture is not really necessary for my understanding of the material, but it is definitely much easier to absorb than directly from the book. Important announcements are usually posted online, and I usually have an attendance rate of approximately 20%, evenly spread out.</p>
<p>In such situations, if you are going to be late, under which situations do you show up? Would it be better to not show up at all if you are going to be more than 10min late to a 1hr lecture? How about a 1.5hr or 2hr one?</p>
<p>Personally, I use 10min as a rough guideline - if I'm going to be more than approximately 10min late to any lecture, I don't show up as it's probably going to be impossible for me to follow and it'll disrupt the class. But, what do you guys do?</p>
<p>get there on time. morning classes suck, yes, but i have on teacher this semester who announced to the whole class that i was a huge partier and drinker, and that is why i am always late to his class. im not sure what kind of impression he has of me..we'll see when i get the test back on friday</p>
<p>Why is it "not possible" to be on time? Unless someone holds you in your room, and doesn't let you out until you're sure to be late, then it's not "not possible." That just seems like a really defeatist attitude.</p>
<p>I think the 10 minute cutoff gives you an excuse not to show up at all because it's easy to be 10 minutes late. Try to convince yourself to go if you know you will be able to make it before the midway point of the class. You definitely don't want to be the guy who shows up 5 minutes before the end, signs the attendance sheet, and leaves. But, not showing up at all might paint you as a really apathetic person. If I was a professor, and noticed that you were never in class, you would get no sympathy and no extra help from me.</p>
<p>Kudos to the 20% attendance rate. So you might be going to 6 lectures over the entire semester. Let me guess... the first class, the midterm, the final, and the review sessions for the midterm and the final? </p>
<p>If you go to so few classes anyway, why is frequently being late an issue?</p>
<p>It's currently not truly an issue, as I usually just decide not to go anyways. The lectures are large and you are less likely to be noticed if you simply don't attend.</p>
<p>The difference here, though is that if I decided to go to class late (eg. halfway through), my attendance rate would jump up to around 80% (60% if it was based on time actually in class).</p>
<p>Right now, I'm simply not attending, but I'm wondering if it would be better if I attended late instead of not show up at all.</p>
<p>I always try to go to my lectures even if I will be late. I'm that obnoxious person who gets there 5 minutes or so late every day, but usually not much has happened in those 5 minutes in my classes so I don't really worry about it. I'm only ever late to my first classes of the day. Doesn't matter what time they are, whether it's 8 or 11am. I am always late. It is always around 8:03/11:03 when I walk in the class.
The only time I have missed class this semester is last week when I had the flu, and one other time I accidentally overslept my 8am (thought I hit snooze but actually hit the off button. I woke up and it was already 8:10 which meant it would've been at least 8:30 when I arrived at the class, which is over at 9:15. not worth it.)</p>
<p>I echo the sentiments that I would rather just skip than be late. I think it is far ruder to walk in late than to skip class, provided you don'd skip much. The only time I've been really late was when I slept an hour into an hour and 15 min class. It was the first class and the professor said if we missed it we'd be dropped. I was there for about five minutes so it counted :)</p>
<p>Who pays for your education? Whatever your answer is should at least help you put things in perspective.</p>
<p>Students who are late to class can be annoying and distracting, but it happens. I would just not make a habit of it. The issue here is not whether or not you should attend, it is that you do not manage your time effectively.</p>
<p>Think of school as your job. You would never want to be late to your job without a valid excuse. Even then, people aren't too happy.</p>
<p>Go to class whenever possible even if you're late. Maybe the embarrassment/awkwardness can teach you something.</p>
<p>All my classes this semester have attendance( including lecture) and I can't miss the labs so I pretty much have to go to every class. I looked at my old posts during my freshman year and I was skipping at least 50% of my classes, how things change.</p>
<p>Guess like many of you guys value work ethic way more than I do. I just care about two things in college: making connections and learning the material.</p>
<p>Often times, I stay up late to do my homework and thus oversleep the lecture. Yes, I could have gone in with 4hr of sleep, but I'd be too tired to learn anything and would show more disrespect than being late. However, it's a choice I make because I learn more from doing whatever HW instead of attending lecture. It would be possible to manage time differently, but it depends on where priorities are.</p>
<p>As for jobs and being late - I'd never be willing to work anywhere where they micromanage arrival/leave times and pressure you to follow them regardless of whether or not you're fulfilling deadlines, unless it's something where being there is absolutely critical to everything else.</p>
<p>Though - if it's a small "lecture" where things don't mirror the book at all, then you can be sure that my attendance rate is nearly 100% with a 95% on-time rate. Eg. that discussion-based class where the instructor really gets to know you personally, or the lab sections where your partners are sold down the river if you don't appear timely.</p>
<p>That's a bs excuse. There are those who study/work hard and manage to make it on time to class. Those who can't are just looking for an excuse to be late where ever they go.</p>
<p>If you can't manage to study, do your homework, and/or work in a way that gets you enough sleep, you're doing something wrong.</p>
<p>Good luck finding a job where they'll allow you to be late most of the time.</p>
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As for jobs and being late - I'd never be willing to work anywhere where they micromanage arrival/leave times and pressure you to follow them regardless of whether or not you're fulfilling deadlines, unless it's something where being there is absolutely critical to everything else.
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<p>you might find yourself out of the running for a lot of jobs then. Just sayin.</p>
<p>If it's a large lecture (upwards of 100 students) I'd come in even if I were late as it's less likely that
a) I'd be the only student late
and
b) that my disruption would be as noticeable.</p>
<p>If it were a smaller class, I wouldn't attend. </p>
<p>However, I'm pretty obsessive about arriving to class (or anywhere, for that matter) early. I can't stand tardiness or when others are tardy, so it's unlikely I'd be in that situation.</p>
<p>Well, it's 12:38, and I had class at 12:30, but I decided not to go because I wouldn't have gotten there until 12:45, and I HATE walking in late.</p>
<p>I'm a little worried that the syllabus says he can drop anyone who misses six hours or more, and this is already the second three-hour class I've missed (the last one was because I woke up at 12:15 and would have also been late). =/</p>
