Punctuality And Its Effects On Our Lives And Functions On Schedules, Clocks, And Time Zones

I have been notified by your team leader, Barb, that you were not at work today and that you did not notify her. It was not until she contacted you that she found out that you were not coming into work today.

My goal, over the past four weeks, focused on increasing my overall timeliness in regard to being on-time to important daily events. I decided to choose this behavior to change because lateness has been a deficit behavior of mine for quite a while. Throughout the beginning of the fall semester, each class I traveled to, I arrived tardy. Deciding to modify this behavior challenged me to have consistency especially with the implementation of daily reinforcers. Reviewing the correlational relationship of antecedents of each event and how it determined whether or not I arrived on-time, especially during the baseline week, also encouraged me to pursue modifying this deficit behavior.

Being punctual has rewarded me in so many ways. Since I am early for my job every time, I have gotten a

Do not make staying late a regular occurrence: Although staying late on occasion can leave a good impression or on a rare busy occasion can help you prepare for the workload the next day it is not healthy to make this a regular occurrence. Spending too much time in the office can leave you overwhelmed and unhappy because you are spending more time at work then you are at

In this video, we learn about punctuality differences in cultures and how it is important to follow cultural differences regarding time. In some cultures, ‘Being on Time’ means arriving after the designated time of meeting. In the United States, people tend to view time as something that must be planned. They want to meet deadlines, to be on time to meetings and doctor appointments and, to work on a schedule. I always arrive early at work, and for doctor’s appointments. The thought of being late for anything makes me feel nervous.

Every day that I work I typically head in about 45 minutes early, that way when I arrive I have plenty of time to get my opening side work done, write down the night time specials and anything else that I have to do before my shift starts. In the past I have not done this and have been bombarded with table after table all while trying to get my opening work done. This caused me to become stressed, irritable, overwhelmed and can result in myself making mistakes with a tables order. By arriving early I have eliminated the aversive stimuli resulting in better customer service (which results in me receiving better tips) and a much more pleasant mood throughout my shift.

Very rarely would a student walk into a classroom tired, and expect to do well on a test or remember what was taught that day in the lesson. They are most likely not going to have a good attitude if they are tired and will only be thinking about trying to stay awake so that they do not get in trouble. A common misconception in this scenario is that kids nowadays, or millennials, are just lazy. The reality is teenage students are not lazy. This stereotype is based off of old beliefs of tradition from the “harder working” generations of the past. Millennials especially have grown tired and somewhat irritated of being called lazy because they sleep in or because they are always late to school or their part-time jobs. This may even lead to bigger economic issues such as rural exodus in the U.S. “Hollowing Out the Middle” by Patrick J. Carr and Maria J. Kefalas is a book that discusses many small rural towns, usually agriculture based, being pushed to extinction due to the youth population migrating to bigger cities after high school. The younger population among these many small towns leaves usually seeking higher education, career opportunities, and diversity. They are often tired of living the same routine that they and their elders have been doing in the past. Everyone plans their days around old time traditions and if not, then one may be considered lazy or just weird. “Many Leavers, especially the ones who attended college, would have liked to have been better prepared academically and socially.”(Carr, Kefalas 138). This shows that young achievers left because old traditions weren’t allowing them grow both socially and academically. School start time is a social tradition that could definitely contribute to academic growth and performance in a negative manner. In 2012, Clinical Assistant Professor of Economics from Baylor University, Finley Edwards wrote

Nevertheless, being around punctual individuals have not taught me the lesson yet. The ability of being in a place at the established time is not my best forte when it comes to work. I remember that not too long ago, there was a time when I got used to being late for work every Friday no matter how much free time I had. Indeed, either because I woke up late or because I could not find parking around the school, being late became a habit that I had not gotten rid of at the moment. Furthermore, one day my boss asked me to stop being late or she would take bigger measures about it. From this warning, I knew this weakness was affecting the good relationship I had with my boss. The aftermath of this situation was to make being on time my number one goal to accomplish. I admit it; it was very hard. In fact, being responsible to others by respecting their time became one of the tedious tasks I have ever faced in my life up to that point of time. However, I started to be on time. I got into the habit of waking up two hours earlier than usual. What I accomplished by this was taking my sweet time to pack and do my rise and shine chores or morning tasks. In addition to my accomplishments, I took the public transportation to avoid looking for parking, and I even took taxis to make sure I did not fail anyone with their time. This habit of getting ready in ahead of time made me perceptive of other weak

People would become a punctual person as well and get used to it when living in a country where being on time is the norm. And punctual people start to use the same rule to regulate others. For example, when Susan got back to New York, she always got annoyed by others’ lack of punctuality. And because Swiss strictly obey their schedule, “bunching effect” (pp14) appears. It’s about how individuals contribute to a group. However, in this News, Weiner points out Swiss have the same schedule in some certain activities. Since everyone has their afternoon tea at 4 pm, at this time, the coffee shop always so crowded. Also, because Swiss have high expectation about others. When the thing does not run as planned, they feel disappointed and flustered. For example, they expect train to come within 3 minutes approximately, but the train did not come as they expected, and they feel

You rarely saw students run late to their classes in my high school. This was due to the fact, that you faced serious consequences if you arrived late to your class. The school believed that if they taught students to be on time to their class, they wouldn’t face any problems in the future, whether it be on a job or an important meeting. In fact my high school did monthly drawings for the students who had perfect attendance for the whole month. The school didn’t give away any prizes, they gave out pretty good things, such as T.V’s, IPod, and cameras. This really got students going to school every day, and who wouldn’t. This idea worked well for them because you were expected to attend ninety percent of the days for the year. If you failed to

I have come to realize that learning is one of my passions because it enriches my quality of life. To my recollection, growing up I have always ask my eldest family members to tell me stories. I enjoyed knowing how to do things and how not to do things. However, my adolescence period caused a bit of difficulty for my parents. I thought I knew everything that I stopped applying myself in school.

The point of having the tardy policy is to make sure students get to school on time and don’t miss any important time of class, but there are certain incidents that happen to people that actually weren’t there fault. The tardy policy actually punishes those people. These are some of the reasons that the tardy policy should not be taken out but to be modified. It takes time off of class and free time after school, it temps students to come to school at all, and how unfair the punishment system is towards students.

People living Traditional and Western societies are influenced by their society’s orientation of time. The orientation of time in Western and Traditional societies is different. Traditional societies are oriented in the past and practice a monocronic time system, which emerged from primitive societies. In contrast, Western societies are oriented in the future and practice a polychronic time system, which originates from the technological developments of time keeping and time discipline. The difference in time orientation, of Traditional and Western societies, produces a contrast in the behavior of people living in those societies. The contrast of human behavior is evidence that people, living in Traditional and Western societies, are influenced by their societies orientation of time.

There is little uncertainty that no two individuals concentrate on the same way, and it is a close sureness that what works for one individual may not work for another. Notwithstanding, there are some broad strategies that appear to deliver great results. Nobody would contend that each subject that you need to take will be interesting to the point that contemplating it is not work but rather a joy. We can just wish. Everybody is distinctive, and for a few students, studying and motivation makes an experience to learn work out easily.

There are many tasks and responsibilities that can arise in a person’s day. In particular, juggling family, work, and school which is a very difficult and tiring task. Being disorganized can lead to a chaotic and stressful day. Using a time chart is useful and beneficial it can help you stay organized and keep daily activities more manageable. The first step to balancing my studies and family is to use a time chart. The time chart helps to keep my tasks in order and completed on time. It is helpful in reminding me about upcoming appointments whether it is at school or work, not to mention the other unexpected events that can also happen to make you forget what you were doing. Most of all, my time chart helps me look forward to taking breaks that I longed for after a long day’s work. Even with a huge workload a time chart can help keep your to do list up to date, it helps you concentrate on one task at a time, and it helps you prioritize what needs to be done first.