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Welcome to the next part of the site about getting to class on time. If you have a problem getting to class, then this is the site for you! Here are ten surefire tips to make it to class. I hope that, if you guys send me enough email, to bump in up to 100. Here goes nothing.
- Do not talk to your classmates during the five minutes!
Seriously, your teachers and principal say this for a reason. Talking to your friend can wait till the first few minutes beforeclass. Do not talk during class. Also, lunch and before school are good times. Make fure you have a meeting place. - Do not get a drink of water before class!
Drinks can wait at lunch. Even better, ask your teacher if you can bring a water bottle to class. If you have a condition, or something like that, teachers lawfully must provide an environment to help you learn. That counts, and you can ask Mrs. Baker about it. - Do not use the bathroom during the five minute periods.
You do not have enough time to use the bathroom during lunch. Your teachers say to use it then, but you are taking a risk. If it is an emergency, the teacher would be even more PO'ed if you did whatever in the class. Make sure you use the bathroom before school, at lunch, and after school before any extra curriculars. I think you know 'when you gotta go'. - Take multiple subjects to your class.
Take your classes in groups so that you don't even need to go to your locker. I have my 1st and 2nd hour binders combined. Separate with a sheet of construction paper for a cheap solution! If you combine two of your classes, then you will only have to go to your locker for 1st hour, 3rd hour, and 5th hour. Your lunch schedule may change that. Still, take multiple subjects. - Leave lunch early.
I am dead serious. Well, just so I am safe, I change that to I am 'ded' serious. There. You can't sue. If you wait in the cafeteria forever, and it becomes empty, that's a sign that you might be late. Still, it's your choice! - Organize your locker and papers.
A common way of being late is that the students don't know where their stuff is. Eliminate that problem by organizing. It is really hard to keep organized, but try to do it a seventh hour a month. Commit THAT to memory. - Don't run!
If you run all that will happen is you will have to walk back to the end of the hallway. I know. However, if you run, makes sure that you slow down when a teacher sees you. The wonderful teachers at Eisenhower are very lenient in running if you slow down when they are looking. Have common sense with this. - Be a good student.
The common term for this is sucking up. When you are friends with most teachers, and you have a good, controlled attitude that they like, such as being smart OR athletic, witty but NOT a class clown, well-mannered, and eager to participate, then they will go easier on you. If you have a 92.4, they have a choice to bring that grade up. Suckup points DO count. When you're 1.5 seconds late, they have a choice on whether to let you in. Suckup points DO count. It's not too late to get some. - Try to reschedule.
Teachers have several hours. By rearranging your schedule and or centralizing your lockers, you can get to classes on time. By the way, centralizing means to put in the middle of, so to centralize your locker would be to put it closer to classes. Also, if you have classes in a particular order, then you can centralize that way. A note is that honors teachers usually only teach honors for two to three hours, so switching classes may not be an option - Be crafty.
Sometimes it is next to impossible to get to a class. Use techniques such as being utterly rude. If the principal has something to say, then reply to him that he should do something about the crowded hallways. Use other methods of getting to class. The hallways with Mrs. Richard, Mr. Adair, and Mrs. Thurman is usually crowded. However, the hallway with Mr. Clark, and Mrs. Osburn is usually clear. Also, try going around other school entrances. Don't do that until you are absolutely sure the door is unlocked. If it is locked, you're in trouble.
That's my list and I'm sticking to it. Email me soon if you have anything to add or subtract to it. The address is below.
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