Have you ever had those days when you’ve been a little bit off schedule? Maybe your alarm was a little off, or you thought it was an even day when it’s actually an odd. Whatever the case may be, sometimes things don’t go according to plan. We’ve all had a bad day, it’s a part of being a teenager. But what about when you come to school, and have to wait in the tardy pass line with 50 other students? Then you have to deal with cutters, the staff member trying to print out a pass, and some freshman who’s taking ten minutes to put in his ID number because he forgot it. Then you finally get to the front of the line, ready to have your ID scanned to go to the class you were so elated to, just to be told they’re not writing anymore passes. I think we can all agree, that’s pretty sucky. Half the students don’t want to have to go to school in the first place, but if they actually go through the effort to stand in line to show up to class, you should at least give them a pass. What if they have a big quiz or test that they need to get to? Or maybe they’re missing important notes. Whatever the case may be, there is no justification for denying a student access to their education; whether they’re in class for twenty minutes, thirty minutes, or fifty minutes. I’m sure if it was up to the students, they would rather be at home sleeping than on Jackrabbit Lane waiting for the period to be over so they can get in. It goes both ways; it saves the teachers time so they don’t have to reteach a whole lesson. It would be beneficial on both sides, but I guess things are the way they are for a reason.
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