Friggen Study Hall
 

Alright, I need some advice.

I used to be late to study hall every day. Like, I'm not even kidding - every day. And when I wasn't late, I was entering the classroom as the bell was ringing. So, the teacher and the dean and the counseler all got together and decided that the best way to make me get to friggen study hall on time is to make me serve a three hour saturday detention every single time that I'm late.

So, surprise, surpirse, I started showing up to study hall on time.

Well, after about 3 weeks of good attendance, I was taking my time in the hallway, collecting money from this kid who owes me a buck. We were RIGHT OUTSIDE the classroom, like RIGHT THERE, and the bell started ringing. So I made a desperate jump for the door, to try and get in there before the bell stopped ringing (it takes a second). So I jumped, and landed one centimeter outside the door. If I had been wearing LARGER SHOES, my toes would have been in the classroom and I would have been considered "on time". But, unfortunatly, I was wearing normal sized shoes that day and was ONE FRIGGEN CENTIMETER OUTSIDE THE DOOR.

Then the bell stopped ringing and all the kids in the class (who find my constant tardiness funny) all shouted "You're late!". I came crashing into the classroom, thanks to the momentum of my jump, and the teacher, who's desk is right next to the door, saw me come in. I ruined the chances of me sneaking in quietly by making a mad jump for the door, because I thought I would make it.

This was on Wednesday.

On Friday, the teacher wrote one single, solitary referral to the office, and I'm almost positive that it's for me being late. BUT I WAS RIGHT THERE! So, tommarrow I am probably going to have to go down to the deans office and try and beg and cry my way out of a saturday school.

Any tips on getting out of it?


Oh yes, and I have some bargaining tools as well. I told you all how I hacked my way into the Network admin's account, right? Or at least told you how to do it (check the tech advice forum). Well, the other half of the story is that I needed a get out of detention free card to get out of a study hall generated detention, and I turned in what I knew about getting into the admins account.

So, I told my chem teacher how to do it and how to fix it, and she told the office and basically said that she would get me a get out of detention free card for it. I never got out of detention, but no doubt she still remembers my heroic deed. (I call it saving the district a few thousand dollars in computer repairs. If someone devious got ahold of that hack, they'd still be trying to piece the computers back together.) Should I tell the dean about that and try to negotiate a get out of saturday school free card?

There are three outcomes that could come of that:

1) They don't believe me and ignore it.
2) They let me walk out of the deans office scot free.
3) I get in more trouble over it.

Advice please.

Don't try to barter with the dean, lol. Explain what happened, and make them feel really stupid. Just go in on Saturday and use your passing time wisely.

Wow i really don't know what to tell you and normally im good with this type of stuff. But, what i would do is just talk to the dean and tell him what happened. If he had any heart at all he would probably let it go. Try to get to class on time if it isn't to hard? Because i don't think they'll be happy to hear about that late thing.
Sorry thats all i got.

Thanks guys.

I'll definatly tell them the truth, and I have a few good "making them feel stupid" techniques thought up. I honestly wouldn't even be in this much trouble if I was late every day for an academic class. If I ditched an academic class, they'd just have an automatic machine call home (which is easy to intercept). If I ditched a study hall, it blows up into a trip to the deans office and consequences. I just don't get it, and I'll be sure to explain that to them tomorrow.

I guess I can cut a few of my hallway activities shorter too. I have been trying to talk to my friends less during passing period (in fact, when it reaches a certain time, they sort of shove me in the direction of the classroom and say GO!") So yeah, using passing period time wiser is a must, I guess. :(

Do not, I repeat DO NOT, tell them anything about the computer admin or w/e thing. If something happens they'll be first to blame you for any reason. Serve the detention, after 2 or 3 times of detention, go talk to the dean and be like, "Look, this detention thing isn't working. I've done everything humanly possible for me to be in that classroom on time, and you should be able to see this by now. (Now this part is only if you're making really good grades) Study hall isn't helping me much either. I learn a certain way, and I can't concentrate when I'm in a classroom full of students. *Insert more witty lines here*"

Eventually the teacher watching you for 3 hour detention on Saturday will get tired of it.

You have to act like you know what you're doing, and they'll look as you as an adult.