Does anyone know the percentage of student that are late to school every day, or what the percenatge of students are late at least once or greater? It's for a research paper, and I can't find it anywhere! Or if you even know where it could possibly be, that would help too. Thanks!
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Maybe this will help!
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I'm an instructor at a community college. I wish I had more students like you. Here are some of the conclusions I have come to. First, many of the students are there for reasons other than learning. Many of my younger students are there because their parents have issued ultimatums making them choose to work or go to school. For some reason they think school is easier and choose that option. Second, too many students come out of high school under prepared for college. They don't know how to organize their time, study effectively, or take notes. Third, our society has moved away from the idea of personal responsibility. Everyone is so worried about blaming others for their faults or believing that everyone else is responsible for their learning. They don't understand that the only person responsible for them is them. I am a facilitator of learning but I do not have the power to just give them knowledge. From talking to my friends at other colleges (4 year state and private) they are seeing the same trends albeit not on the same scale.
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=I find it amazing that in one town, Canton, the graduation rate is only 27%.  It seems the problem is getting the kids go to school.  No matter how they try to improve their educational system, they've got to get the kids to attend school.
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Are you making a corelation between students that skip school and the number of traffic accidents/injuries there are? Are you otherwise suggesting that students who choose to skip school make bad citizens and are no longer contribute to the overall good will of the citizenship?
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I belive it is just a percent of the total graduating class, so...\n\n5% = 28 or lower\n10% = 57 or lower\n25% = 144 or lower\n33.3% = 193 or lower\n50% = 289 or lower\n\n*****\noops!, lower, not greater... da!\n\n*****\nand everyone else (for the most part) is right, you are sitting at about 23%... and to get that, you do indeed take (136/579)*100 = % the same formula can be applied to find anyone's position... n/579*100=% (where "n" equals that persons "rank")...\n\nby the way, congradulations, welcome to the real world, my suggestion would be to move on, get a college degree, and at that point, high school will seem insignifigant... I graduate college in about 2 weeks, yay!!!... for my area of study, I am about one of five people graduating... my class started with almost 40 people, and I will be either #2, or #3!!! sweet!
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Sounds like a cultural issue to me.  Kind of like how in Mexico they take a siesta in the afternoon.  Yet, actually the hispanic population are hard workers, a misconception, really.  I work better with a nap too!  So without being familiar with the cultural aspect of your students, I am wondering motivates?  Good grades?  Tell them if work is a day late it won't recieve better than a C no matter how good the work is.  Perhaps a reminder about how much material this course must cover this semester, how they will not be prepared for next course if material isn't covered, not getting value for tuition dollars by not working at the class or something.  This may seem strange, but what motivates the parents?  Speaking to the elders may give you insight on how to reach the kids.  Or not.  ;-)  Really, I truly wish the best for you on this, but remember that if they don't want to learn, you can't make them learn.
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I went to Lakewood High School and was wondering why you asked the same ? three times or is it a screw up?Good luck finding you friends Try people search.
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There are a number of perspectives on this type of issue.  I'd like to address one of them.  \n\nHow about the individuals who were at the bottom of the class but who worked far harder than any of the top 10, but because they were't blessed with the same intellectual ability, even though they did the absolute best they could, stayed at the bottom of the class and received no recognition at all for their hard work?  From experience I know that many at the top of the class often do not have to work as hard as those at the bottom of the class.  I think far too much emphasis is placed on being in the top 10 or at the top of the class.   Is it really fair to be rewarded mostly for something we have no control over and did nothing to earn  - the ability we are born with?  There should at least be equal recognition and reward for hard work and effort.  \n\nI have seen the frustration of children who work very hard for no reward, and the ease with which some bright kids were rewarded for little work.   With my own daughters I have seen one who could be very successful with little effort get an A+ on an assignment she spent an hour doing the night befor it was due, with the teacher comment something like "Awesome work!  You must have put a lot of thought and effort into this paper."   Her sister worked for days on her paper, edited, reviewed,  revised, researched, and got a B.  Teacher comment was "You could have done better if you'd worked harder."\n\nNo system is perfect, and not all students in the top 10 get there without effort, but there are injustices that need to be addressed.
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Ask about the student to teacher ratio, the types of classes they teach. For example, will your son spend 2 hours a day on reading, 2 hours on writing/spelling and just 15 minutes in art, library or a p.e class? Make sure they have a well balanced curriculum. Also, I'd find out the schools policy on parents volunteering in the classroom. Some schools make it easy for parents where some schools make it difficult. I'd also check out their test scores, but just out of curiosity. I wouldn't base my entire decision on standardized test scores as they are pretty biased. Another good thing to do is to talk to current parents to get a good feel of the school atmosphere and the attitude of the staff and administrators.
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How are teachers supposed to respond when a student doesn't care about the consequences and in some cases, neither do the parents.  Do you think these kids that are not listening at school, are listening at home?  There are some students that do not care to learn, however, the majority of students in a classroom strive to learn.  It is a shame that outsiders choose to focus on the disruptive students.
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try http://www.nea.org/columns/presview11-06.html and this link I will give you is good http://www.ask.com/web?o=ie7&qsrc=6&l=dir&q=Why+Do+High+School+Students+Drop+Out%3F\n\nGood Luck!!!
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Oh my gosh, one or two absences in a month doesn't affect anything at all. Yes you miss the discussions for the day but it doesn't matter because it's only just a couple of days, and you said you have high grades. The way I see it, you're just pressured because of your mom. Don't worry because as long as you have good grades and you know when to absent or not (because you seem very smart and responsible... just pressured) just keep on doing what you think is right and better; and besides, you can always catch up. It's okay to be a good daughter but you should also take care of your health.
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Well, in the grand scheme of history, we've barely batted an eyelid since Dr. King's time.  However, pointing out one statistic to prove your point is statistically flawed and border-line misleading.  Many more blacks are addending university and obtaining graduate degrees, starting businesses, earning comparable wages (to whites), voting and otherwise become active citizens than they were in the 1960's.  Further still, this particular problem is the result of many black families not having a strong lineage of educated, successful family members to build supportive communities.  Had the black college attendence rate been in 1966 what it is in 2006, then we would be talking about a very different story.  Give it time.  Why are Americans so impatient ;)
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I wonder why teenage vandals are allowed out in the week by their parents. Don't they have homework to do? When I was at school I did at least 2 hours homework every night, and wasn't allowed out on a 'school day'. I think the blame lies squarely at the feet of the parents of these morons for not raising their children to value education as a way out of poverty and ignorance.
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A good, diligent student hardly sleeps 8 hours,  because he burns the midnight oil reading up and studying hard.  He will also not take the time off on his birthday.  He will try very hard to stay healthy and not get sick so he won't be absent from school for three days.  Sundays were never rest days for me when I was a student.  I squuezed in my homework and readings on Sundays.  I don;t hingk exam days would total 35 days.  And 40 days for holidays and festivals is toooo loonng!  From which country are you?  In my country, we only have around ten holidays. A student will definitely pass if he has the right attitude and want his school experience to be worthwhile.
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when a person on the movies category asks the question "we have to WATCH THE MOVIE a walk to remember for school. can someone tell me what its about, im too lazy to watch the movie." god. too lazy to WATCH A MOVIE? the school isn't even requiring that they god forbid read the book. we know the world is going to pot when people get too lazy to watch movies.
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IM guessing your teacher is asking you to write an essay on this.  This isn't a free essay site.  You know that, right?\n\nI suggest you stop being so lazy and do your own homework.  If you have a QUESTION, then ask it.  "lateness and its effects?" isn't a question.