Punctuality is a good quality in a person. Being punctual enables one to be trustworthy. People should try to be on time so that they don't annoy their friends or risk losing their job. One would be correct in saying that with all the electronic advances such as alarm clocks, watches, and cell phones for which to tell time, a person would always know what time it is and it wouldn't be possible for someone to be late.
             I, however, am usually one of those consistently late people. I assure everyone that it's not my fault; I was just born that way. I believe that for some people it is impossible for them to be early or on time. No matter what I do in the morning I always seem to find myself running out of time and in the end being late to school. I also believe that being late is learned by example: for instance, my parents are always late to meetings, any of my sporting events and to anything else that has a specific time for people to arrive. I also think it has a lot to do with fate. Whenever I am having a good, early day, something has to happen to me, such as my parents moving my keys and I can't find them or my parents leave me the car that's out of gas, so I have to waste time to fill up my car with gas, and I somehow end up late. Or even sometimes I'm already running late and something happens beyond my control, which makes me even later.
             I decided that it is inevitable for me not to be on time, so I have accepted this flaw. But just to let everyone know, there are strategic steps that go through a consistently late person's head when she is getting ready to go someplace. Being late isn't just carelessness as some people would like to believe. The lateness cycle begins in the morning, from the time the person wakes up. For example, I know that school starts at 8:10 am, but the first bell rings at 8:05 am. I want to be in my homeroom before 8:10 am because if I arrive later...