Homework Excusess

1	What are homework excuses you have ever used? Did it work or fail? fail excusess work homework asked Oct 12 '10 at 20:02 YamazaruNinja 3.2k●75●101●141

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3	My dog ate it - Fail Student: "My granny died" teacher: "are you aware that's the third time your granny's died this year?" - Fail answered Oct 12 '10 at 20:08 markd12 3.5k●86●112●150

A couple of excuses I might use in the future are:

I'm emotionally disturbed
My hard drive decided to take a leap off a cliff
The heat went out so I had to burn my homework to keep warm
I have calculated that the probability of actually doing my homework would be better if we used the computer more
Is it just me or did the circuits in my brain fry when you said there was homework
This class has not proven that I will need it in the future

answered Oct 12 '10 at 20:24

YamazaruNinja
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A few of those actually made me lol. :)

(Oct 12 '10 at 20:49) TheTechDude

A quick google search turned out some good ones the best of which I copied here.

I made a paper plane out of it and it got hijacked.
I put it in the safe, but lost the combination.
I have a solar powered calculator and it was cloudy.
I was at a rally last night demanding better pay and conditions for our hardworking teachers.
The aliens took it back to Betelgeuse as an example of fine Earth literature.
I discovered I'm allergic to pencils and pens.
It's against my religion to do homework on a day ending in a "y"
I'm motivationally challenged
Isn't homework considered to be a "cruel and unusual punishment"?
I forgot to remember
It has progressed on my list of priorities.
You wouldn't understand it anyway.
I didn't do it because I didn't want to add to my teacher's already heavy workload.
I didn't do it, because I didn't want the other kids in the class to look bad.
I did it, but I'm not turning it in because one of the commas is out of shape. Erasing it would smudge it and whiting it out would make it smell funny. You know I'm a perfectionist!
I couldn't find the answer book in the library.
History repeats itself. I didn't do my homework last week.
I didn't finish copying it yet.
I couldn't write yesterday afternoon, I don't understand it, my hand just refused to write. I don't know what got into it, it was like it had a mind of its own, it just wouldn't respond to what I told it to do.
I had a very difficult choice to make: go to the beach with friends, or sit and do my homework. I chose to go to the beach, because my friends are more important to me than your homework will ever be.

I remember doing a similar search about 7 years ago (also for showing up late). I tried 2 of them out of which only the 1st one worked. When showing up late (especially effective for a physics class):

Sorry I had a problem with the space-time-continuum. Too much space, to little time.

for turning something in:

Unfortunately I can not release this document for reasons of national security.

I tried the last one on a test that I didn't do to good on. At least I got the teacher to laugh.

answered Oct 13 '10 at 03:18

Lestat611
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Me: "Miss I didn't do my home work."

Teacher: "Why not!"

Me: "Because I didn't f**king want to."

Teacher: "GET OUT NOW!"

Me: "Don't worry I'm F**king going"

That's the last thing I can remember about home work. But when she told me to get out I just went home.

answered Oct 14 '10 at 15:04

Database
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Absent for the day, finish the assignment(s)/studying for test, submit/take test(s) next day = 95% Success Rate
Extra time via arriving late to classes = 95% Success Rate
FIRE ALARM {cough cough} I didn't attempt this, and names are being withheld.
Submit with some pages missing, teacher will think he/she lost them, giving me time to finish. When teacher calls, submit missing pages.

answered Oct 12 '10 at 21:06

r0bErT4u ♦
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I smell the voice of experience is speaking, lol j/k,

(Oct 12 '10 at 21:08) Patxi

you've got some good ideas

(Oct 12 '10 at 21:09) markd12

My friend fell down the stair at his old school. Then he hit his head on the fire alarm at the bottom which set it off. Then ink shot out and got in their cut in his head. :P

(Oct 14 '10 at 17:14) Ryan Sweigert

1	I just thought of another couple: "Sorry, the government shut down my operation, I had no other options" "Did I mention that there was free food in the office made especially for you?" answered Oct 13 '10 at 14:32 YamazaruNinja 3.2k●75●101●141 edited Oct 13 '10 at 14:32

I was all night answering posts in Lockergnome.net

I was in the hospital for asthma attack.

I don' t know I am not a good liar i always did my hw, I was so responsible that each time the teacher said I don' t have t6o check on you cuz I know u did it xD

answered Oct 12 '10 at 20:15

Patxi
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0	I told my teacher a walrus ate my homework..it didnt work answered Oct 12 '10 at 20:42 SJP 4.6k●75●109●167

My dog actually did chew up my textbook (which had my homework in it) one time. My teacher didn't believe me. The next day I brought in the pieces and left them on her desk. She accused me of encouraging my dog to chew up my homework.

Why make excuses? I used to just say "I didn't do it." Sometimes they'd ask "Why?" and I'd respond "There are no excuses. I didn't do it because I didn't want to do it. From my perspective, there were more entertaining and/or important things to focus on in." Teachers like it when you're at least honest enough to not make stupid excuses. That is, unless they're the kind who are willing to accuse you of being a smart-arse, like the example above. I could have asked her "Why would I make an excuse this one time when every other time I've been completely honest with you and not even cared about the consequences?", but I learnt it's best to just shut up and try not to hold a grudge in that situation.

answered Oct 12 '10 at 23:29

Seb
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I don't think a teacher is going to want to hear that there was something more entertaining, which is why you didn't do the work. That's insulting in my perspective.

(Oct 12 '10 at 23:57) recck

There are people who never did homework. The teachers knew, and they'd make excuses every time. They'd lie. "I tried but I don't understand it..." and then the teacher would have to sit down with a student who clearly doesn't care and bore them to sleep. What would you prefer?

Primary school was great. Just how long does it take to learn how to count to ten, how to add and subtract numbers on your hands, how to write numbers, add them together on paper and before you know it you're using your head to do long multiplication faster than the kid using a calculator? In grade 4 (1998, if I recall) everyone in my maths class was given an entire lesson to work out what 1234567890*9876543210 is, without a calculator. Only one person got it right, but at least everyone knew their multiplication tables up to 10 afterwards ;). Why weren't those in my highschool classes given the same exercise when they were in primary school?

For the first 2 years of highschool (grade 7+8) I was surrounded by people who didn't seem as quick at picking things up as I was. There were no 'graded classes'. The government decided the lessons would be taylored for the less fortunate. They got to learn what I had learnt in grade 4 (how to do long multiplication, for example). By the time things became graded, I'd lost all interest in what was happening at school. Aside from occasionally studying for tests or doing assignments I spent most of my free time thinking about programming and computers. Those 2 years would have been 2 years wasted if I wasn't given an opportunity to find methods of learning almost entirely independently. I guess it may have actually taken 2 years to separate the legitimitely mentally handicapped from those who just didn't want to learn. I feel sorry for teachers who have to teach 13+14 year olds.

On rare occasions I'd need help. The teachers were almost certainly guaranteed to be preoccupied with someone who needed even more help, for good or bad. From my experience, teachers like the kids who can learn on their own with their heads down during class. They were actually cheerful when I needed help, rather than unenthusiastic about trying to force the children who were... unenthusiastic...

The highschool system is probably still a system designed by the bosses of their bosses. The teachers are mostly just babysitters handing the work out and seeing that it gets done. The lesson plans and homework came out of a book that the department of education and training chose. If you were a teacher in Australia, would you really be offended if someone told you the work that isn't yours, the work that you can see doesn't work very effectively is 'boring'?

(Oct 14 '10 at 16:32) Seb

I tend to make up a long winded techinicall excuse about a Hardware issue with my computer, and say that it will take about 2 weeks for it too fix and that the work is on there. and by the time it is 'fixed' the teacher will hopefully have forgotten. and then... oh the irony, it happened this week,my motherboard failed, so My main desktop is out of action for too weeks, and i'm stuck on a Pentium Dual core with 3Gigs of Ram :'(

answered Oct 13 '10 at 16:03

Tim Fontana
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