Homework Excuses

Some of these I have heard fomr GED and college prep students. Others came to me through emails. Some I just made up and cannot use, so perhaps I can rent them out.

• I just saw it on the New York Times Bestsellers List, so that means someone stole it.
• I had better things to do.
• I didn't do it because I didn't want to add to my teacher's heavy workload.
• My mom's whooping cough vaccination wore off and we had to go to the hospital.
• I accidentally divided by zero and my paper burst into flames.
• I hired a paper writing company and they did it in Chinese.

• I could only get arbitrarily close to my textbook. I couldn't actually reach it.
• I needed a mental health day.
• I made a paper plane out of it and it got hijacked.
• My Dad accidentally put it in his briefcase and took it to work.
• I put it in the safe, but lost the combination.
• I have the mathematical proof, but there isn't room to write it in the margin.
• I have a solar powered calculator and it was cloudy

• I left it at Mom's house when she took me back to Dad's house.
• I loaned it to a friend, but he moved away.
• My printer broke and my disk is corrupted. Unfortunately my computer crashed this morning as well.
• I left it in my shirt and my mother put the shirt in the wash.
• My internet access was down (for emailed assignments).
• A sudden wind blew it out of my hand and I never saw it again.
• I was kidnapped by terrorists and they only just let me go, so I didn't have time to do it.
• Another student fell in a lake, and I jumped in to rescue him but unfortunately my homework drowned.

• It was in my back pocket and a pickpocket stole it.
• I left it in a hymn book in the choir loft, having used it to mark my solo.
• I left it in the back of the truck when we went deer hunting.
• My flash drive exploded..
• I dropped it in the toilet accidentally nd it got flushed.
• I gave it to a homeless man to line his hat with.
• I fell asleep tring to do it and I just woke up 10 minutes ago and was nearly late for school
• My notebook got stolen in the school cafeteria and it had all my work in it.

Here's a gem! -

• I can't always spell correctly, because I have a neurological deficit. hahaha