Late for school!

Today, i got late to school. These days are quite cold and in the morning it take a while before i manage to get out of my warm bed ;)

So, I got 3 minutes late to school. At Kobe Toyo Japanese College they are quite strict with attendance. If you get one minute late, you need to fill up the justification form. There is a rule that is explained on the first day when you get the orientation information. Of course, at that time I didn't know a lot of japanese, so i only caught 1% of what was said.

The rule is: if you get to school 4 times and are late below 10 minutes, it will count as a 1 hour. If you come 1 time but you are late more than 10 minutes, it will count as a whole hour. Your attendance is then recorded every day and at the end of the month you get the whole period statistics.

Attendance is important if you plan to stay more than one year. This because when you go to renew your VISA for another year, you need to show a good attendance to get your VISA renewed without problems. If your attendance is not good, they might deny you the renewal.

A funny story... the first time I had to fill-in the form, I didn't know that I had to bring a copy to the teacher in class...so i basically threw it away as i thought the copy was for my record... imagine the face of the teacher when i gave her my teared up late-justification-form ...