Question

14 Students at your school have been arriving late to classes recently. Your teacher has asked yk write a report about this, explaining how this affects your lessons and suggesting what can be done about it. Here are two comments from your classmates: Our teacher has to repeat everything. It would be good if our lessons started later. Write a report for your teacher, giving your views. The comments above may give you some ideas, and you can also use some ideas of your own. Your report should be between 150 and 200 words long. You will receive up to 8 marks for the content your report, and up to 8 marks for the language used

Answer 1

As many members of the school’s faculty have noted, students at our school have been arriving late to classes recently. This is clearly harmful to our education. Showing up late to classes shows a lack of responsibility and time management, all of which are crucial in adult life. Additionally, the students who do arrive on time have to listen to their teachers repeat themselves, which is very tedious and disrupts class a lot.

That said, when I asked students why they were late to classes, there was a surprisingly common argument among them; they believe classes begin far too early. Usually, one or two students arriving late is a minor issue, but since a large number of students have been having trouble keeping up with the school’s schedule, I believe it’s important to acknowledge their opinions.

A possible solution, and one that has been proposed by many students, would be to change the schedule so that lessons started later than usual. Another solution would be to force students to show up on time by punishing their grades harshly if they don’t. Personally, I would go for the first solution, since it’s more understanding of the students.