The Best Excuse of the Day
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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. Archives
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 Image by Katzenspielzeug from Pixabay “I had a student who missed the first several weeks of class and several assignments and said it was because their cat had been sick.”
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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 Image by Manfred Antranias Zimmer from Pixabay “One of my students: ‘Sorry I had to leave the meeting early. My dog licked my eye.’ I laughed, told her I'd never heard that one before, and reminded her to finish her work.” 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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 Image by Pezibear from Pixabay “Student emailed me to the effect of: ‘I raise hairless guinea pigs and we just had babies. The mother rejected them and I have to feed them every two hours around the clock. I can’t find someone to cover the shift during your final exam. Could I take it another time? I shit you not.’ Puppies I get. Hairless guinea pigs? I didn’t even know that was a thing! Then I saw a photo on Facebook years later and was amazed. This was the last excuse of the year. She literally had an excuse every single test for all three quarters. I promised myself I would not excuse her for any reason. This took the cake!” 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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