Personal Experience
Learning Punctuality
Author: Pedro Author: MartĂnez Pedro MartĂnez
It was 3 o'clock in the afternoon, my dad went to pick me up at the school, when I got in the car he told me that he had been called because he had skipped classes, I explained the situation that I had fallen asleep and that I was not Everything started pass, allowed to enter The infirstelementary hour, mythe teacher was Very strict so he school, I remember being about 10 said he would not let me in, he told me father was very understanding and I do years old, it was one of those days that thatmyI had to be responsible for my not scold or punish, that's why I love woke me up early and I went back to and that I had to face the parents because they are actions very sleep, it was a Monday day, of these, I wanted to understanding, only toldwas meschool thatconsequences next whendon’t my dad woke me I realized explain that it what happened to me but it was time fall asleep. was already Later, I would comeinin vain, at the teacher's decision was As an experience I learned that I should 7:30 in the morning, get up atalready 7 or taken and he did not change never fall asleep at the time of going to I left the room a little sad for sometimes at 6:50 to prepare, change opinion. school in the and occasion for not what and comb my mornings hair, on that I arriving in time and for the sermon happened to me I never got back late to was woken up at 7 and woke me thatupthe teacher told me, I went to school or anywhere else, I became very shelves outside in an esplanade again 7:20, and it was about 10 minutes some punctual I was referred to aand place to start when classes, I told myself that I there to finish the first hour to I feel Or when I go to school I arrive super probably would not reach to be enter able to enter the classroom, but I fell early. classes, but I still decided to do what asleepI , luckily a friend of mine woke up should as quickly as possible, I could butnot my luck ended when I realized that I have breakfast for lack of time , My dad had awakened at the time of recess, a little annoyed took me and myhad sisteralready spent 4 hours, I was in to school, how good we went to the a moment, to be able to process shock same school, then I went to a school what happened, at the end of the called Colegio Santee. recess, I entered the room, all day until the time of the departure I did not We got into the car and we go to school, speak with almost anyone, I felt very Lazaro Cardenas we realized that there bad for having skipped so many classes was a lot of traffic, here I told myself and to have lost many learnings, when that I was not reach my school in time leaving the school unfortunately I got a so I lost hope, however, we were able to call of attention for lacking 4 hours to relieve the traffic quickly, when we classes, besides calling my parents, this arrived at school and it was 1 minute to could not have gotten worse I said to 7:30, when I got out of the car quickly I myself went to the room, I ran and so I fell, fell to the ground and rang the bell, I quickly went to the classroom, but it was too late to play and they were all inside, I asked the teacher that if I let it . 23 24