Your speedometer reads 70 m.p.h. as you speed up Cheltenham Avenue. Sergeant Edwards has already left by the lime you turn into the entrance driveway. It is 8:40. You are late. Again, Vou circle the parking lot three times desperately seeking a parking spot. You find a semi.legal space and head towards Mr. Diehl's office, thinking of a good excuse. Belore you have a chance to speak, Mr. Diehl hands you a late slip and a detention notice. This is your seventh late sUp. You don't even get a chance to try out your excuse because Mr. Diehl says, "I don't need to hear it." You walk slowly to your locker. While being late for school is more serious, being late for class is the more prevalent occurrence. The slow pace of the halls, an unexpected bathroom visit, a
teacher who decides that the class is not done even though the bell has rung, or a slight "mishap" on the stairs are all reasons for lateness. Freshmen undoubt路 edly have the largest amount of late slips. Vet even the most organized can be found visiting Mrs. Mullen, Mr. Parisi or Mr. Diehl lor a little yellow piece of paper. The new three late slips - detention rules has in路 creased the "population" of detention. Teachers' reo actions to tardiness range from one extreme to the other, Some disregard your late entrance and contino ue with class. Others stop the lesson and demand to know every detail of your explanation. Some crumble the slip, without even glancing at It. and shoot it lor "two points." Others examine the slip meticulously lor time, date, name, and signature before filing it away in
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