My brother was late to school this morning by 4 minutes. He had a bloody nose when he woke up which put the brakes on him leaving to go to school on time.

My mom drives him to school since he goes to the high school one town over because it has a better baseball program and classes he likes.

So, she brings him to the office and its 4 minutes after the bell and they send him to "The Nest " [school mascot is the hornet]... So he gets to miss 90 minutes of Algebra for being 4 minutes late. He is not doing so hot in Algebra and I'm helping him and now he gets to miss more because he was late!

If a school bus is late by 4 minutes the students just go to class but my brother does not since he is dropped off. Two more "tardies" and he is suspended.

This is completely ridiculous. The school wonders why its FCAT score is so low. I disagree with this whole notion of sending a student to detention for being 4 minutes late, 15-20 minutes.. maybe.. Seriously


If I'm 4 minutes late to a college class I just get odd stares from people in class and nothing from the professor.