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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 October 26th

7/25/2021

 
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“One of the strangest excuses I ever heard for not turning in that week's work (after they were a stellar straight-A student all semester, mind you) was that they'd severed their feet - technically their toes, I guess. The strangest part of the excuse was it was for real. They had had to get their feet surgically put back together after a ladder had broken and came down, the rungs mangling their feet at the arches. My poor student had been in the hospital and unconscious the entire week, so hadn't had a chance to even tell me they'd be late. When they finally woke up, the first thing they told their spouse was to contact me to say their work would be late that week. I told them to take two weeks, at least! Their adviser called me to say they had a doctor’s note if I needed it as proof and I said not to worry about it, I believed them."



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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.”


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The College Student Excuse of the Day for October 16th

7/25/2021

 
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“I don’t know about my worst one (excuse), but I do have the best one... one of my students was late to class one morning because SHE DIED. Literally. She has a congenital heart defect and had to be rushed to the hospital where they revived her during the night. And she still showed up the next morning... just late.”


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 July 24th

6/13/2021

 
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“I had a student email me: ‘I have no good excuse and I'd rather not have to explain my bad reasons. I will turn in all of my late assignments by the end of the week. If you have time to evaluate them I'd appreciate feedback, even though I don't expect to receive credit.’ I appreciated their honesty and humility!” 



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 March 26th

3/21/2021

 
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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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