“I woke up late.” “I could not find a a parking spot.”
The above reasons are some that students say when they arrive to class late.
The one thing students fail to take into consideration is how it makes the professor, as well as their peers, feel when they arrive late.
Mary Wortham, a Spanish professor at ULM dislikes when students are late.
“When students arrive late, it disrupts what’s happening in the class, and I’m sorry for the student because he or she has missed out on pertinent information,” Wortham said.
Bre’Charia Frazier, Pre-Occupational Theraphy junior from Bossier City, believes the professor’s time is just as valuable as ours.
“How would you feel if someone interrupted something you enjoyed doing?”
Some students have never noticed the effect of arriving late until they were the one being interrupted.
However they can also relate. Chinedu Akunne, P3 pharmacy student from Nigeria, said it doesn’t bother him when other students walk in late.
“I just smile to myself and say ‘That’s how I look when I arrive late.”
Many students are understanding, however have a few suggestions so it won’t be disrespectful.
“If you are going to come in late, do it quietly, and sit in the back of the class,” said Andrea Jackson, junior English major from Leesville.
Although arriving to class late has been proven to be disruptive, some professors would prefer for students to arrive late than to not arrive at all.
Katherine Dawson, also a professor at ULM, said, “I would rather a student come to class late than not at all.”
The overall warning and message from professors: skip at your own risk.”
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