This section includes a mandatory 15 minute reading period. All students are required to prepare for the exam. Students wishing not to take the national exam will take a teacher-generated final exam that borrows generously from past AP exams. Students who take the national exam do not have to take a final exam in this class. Because the national exam occurs a month before the end of school, we can not afford to squander away class time with frivolous absenteeism, tardiness, vacations, in-school activities, or field trips.
Students ought to think very carefully before sacrificing class time for an outside activity.
The teacher also reserves the right to deny permission for such activities. I vigorously support and enforce the school's attendance policy. Attendance will be taken at the start of each class period. Students not in class or more than 5 minutes late to class will be marked absent. On the third tardy school policy dictates that students must be referred to an administrator.