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Introduction
Being late in going to school is an everyday scenario for some students. On a consistent
basis it can have longer-term academic effects. Socializing with other people can also be affected
because they have less interaction with their classmates due to tardiness. Students are sometimes
missing half of their lessons, lack of focus and it causes them to fail some classes.
Oxford dictionary defines lateness as arriving after the expected or usual time. Therefore,
being late is unpunctuality and not being early. There are many reasons that can cause tardiness
According to the study of Carnegie Mellon University n.d, students who come to class
late can disrupt the flow of the discussion, distract other students and impede learning. If left
unchecked, lateness can become chronic and spread throughout the class. Because there are a
number of possible reasons for students arrive to class late, also consider what these reasons are.
Dr. Ken Shore n.d, states that, some students are late for school for reasons that are
beyond their control. Some students arrive at school after the bell has rung because of choices
they've made. Their lateness might be a symptom of anxiety about school, caused by either
Children commonly miss their school or coming lately because of their usual habits, such
as waking up late due to laziness; rushing of undone assignments, unprepared bath; breakfast or
meals; clothes or their packed lunch etc. and waiting for classmates and friends. Parents problem
students have increased over the time, because of their mindset that it's okay. But we never got
the answers to why students are late to school and not being aware of their scheduled time for
school. Understanding the reasons why may help but not really tolerating their behavior.
a. Gender
b. Age
Hypothesis
The study covers the reasons of tardiness in JHS, Academic 2017-2018 at Top Achiever Private
School.
In order to assess and determine the reasons of tardiness in JHS as the respondents of his study the
researchers will use questionnaires. The reasons will be based on the gathered and tallied result of
responses by the respondents.