5 tips to help you to get to class on time

Picture this; you are seated ready for class. It is 8:00 a.m. and the other students should be here anytime now. There are maybe 5 of you all seated at the extreme ends of the classroom. These are the best seats depending on whom you ask. You are getting restless now. It is 8:30 a.m. and things are getting awkward. Are you in the right classroom? Even the lecturer is not here, something is not right.

There is nothing as awkward and irritating as arriving to class on time only to find very few people or nobody at all present. What’s even worse is when it is just you and the lecturer staring at each other. You then have to make small talk with the lecturer constantly wondering what is appropriate for the conversation and where to draw the line. This article then is for all you late comers with whatever “valid reasons” you have; here are five tips on how to get to an 8 a.m. class on time. We need you to save the rest of us responsible students from such awkward moments.