Friday, November 30, 2018
Opportunity Cost of Tardiness
Everyone has been late to school before, but there are many opportunity costs that people ignore. A clear advantage is that you get more time to rest. Different people value this at different importance levels. Nevertheless, getting more rest is an opportunity cost one has to sacrifice for being on time to school. However, there are several costs that build up as more tardies are accumulated. The first thing is getting mailed warnings to parents, who are likely not going to be happy. The next punishment is a meeting with a school administrator, and then having to attend Saturday School. Finally, after all of that, there is the possibility of being transferred to an alternate school. The opportunity cost of being tardy is not having to worry about all of these.
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Tardiness and more importantly absences are really polarizing issues. Specifically, a absences discussion over absences can lead to a very heated conversation. Parents commonly argue that missing class will lead one to fall behind in school and get worse grades. However, this tenet can only be applied to certain classes. For a specfic portion of classes it is more advantagous to skip class, finish the classwork early, and move onto other tasks.
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