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THE HANDBOOK OF COLLEGE STUDENT EXCUSES
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    Professor David  C. Wyld (dwyld@selu.edu), the author of The Handbook of College Student Excuses, serves as the Merritt Professor of Strategic Management at Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond, Louisiana. He is a management consultant, researcher/writer, publisher, executive educator, and experienced expert witness.


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The College Student Excuse of the Day for November 4th

7/25/2021

 
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“I had a student miss a midterm exam because his mom told him to babysit his sisters.”


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The College Student Excuse of the Day for October 22nd

7/25/2021

 
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Sometimes, we professors there hear stories of family tragedies that are indeed incredible, but sadly true as well, such as this one offered up by a colleague:

  • “I once had a student who called me and said, ‘I know I have no excuse and no right to ask for an extension because I have missed so much class, but I have been keeping up with the reading and I think I can do a good job on the paper.’ I encouraged her to tell me what was going on and this was her story: She had a nine month old baby, and her grandmother who had raised her died shortly after the birth. She decided that she would hire a private detective to find out what happened to her Mom who disappeared when she was in elementary school. It took the detective 2 weeks to find her mother's body in the basement of an abandoned house not far from where they lived when she was a kid. Her mother and another woman had been murdered and their bodies were in this abandoned house for like 10 years. She finished by saying, "I know it is no excuse, but I have had trouble concentrating. I don't want you to think I don't care about your class." To say that I was humbled at that moment is an understatement.”


Want to read the “best” excuses that students have actually used on their college professors, from the professors themselves? Buy the ebook, The Handbook of College Student Excuses, today from Smashwords (https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1073655) or on Amazon (https://amzn.to/3rM5IXZ).

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The College Student Excuse of the Day for October 8th

7/23/2021

 
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“My first year teaching I had a student miss the first test telling me her mom had died. The second test came along and I got a phone message saying she had been in a car accident. For the third test, she came to my office to say her husband had just been diagnosed with cancer and she couldn't concentrate. I don't ask for documentation and tend to take people at their word, but I called bullshit. I have never felt like less of a human being than when I found out it was all true....”  


Want to read the “best” excuses that students have actually used on their college professors, from the professors themselves? Buy the ebook, The Handbook of College Student Excuses, today from Smashwords (https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1073655) or on Amazon (https://amzn.to/3rM5IXZ).
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The College Student Excuse of the Day for September 21st

7/19/2021

 
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“The maid quit.”


Want to read the “best” excuses that students have actually used on their college professors, from the professors themselves? Buy the ebook, The Handbook of College Student Excuses, today from Smashwords (https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1073655) or on Amazon (https://amzn.to/3rM5IXZ).

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The College Student Excuse of the Day for September 12th

7/18/2021

 
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“Student emailed me that she was missing class for surgery to give a kidney to her father.”  


Want to read the “best” excuses that students have actually used on their college professors, from the professors themselves? Buy the ebook, The Handbook of College Student Excuses, today from Smashwords (https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1073655) or on Amazon (https://amzn.to/3rM5IXZ).
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The College Student Excuse of the Day for August 4th

7/7/2021

 
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“I teach at a Federal Service Academy, so my students are all military members. I believe I actually broke down in tears when a student ‘respectfully requested’ an extension on a paper because a parent had passed and they were requesting emergency leave to attend the funeral. Dear Lord, the parent in me wanted to reach out and hug them!”



Want to read the “best” excuses that students have actually used on their college professors, from the professors themselves? Buy the ebook, The Handbook of College Student Excuses, today from Smashwords (https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1073655) or on Amazon (https://amzn.to/3rM5IXZ).

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