{"id":4809,"date":"2025-10-07T13:56:28","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T17:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/?p=4809"},"modified":"2025-10-07T13:56:28","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T17:56:28","slug":"excuses-excuses-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/?p=4809","title":{"rendered":"Excuses, Excuses"},"content":{"rendered":"

The writing prompt for this piece was “Excuses,” and that is precisely what I wrote about.<\/em><\/p>\n

Excuses, Excuses<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019m sure all of you have been in a position where, for one reason or another, the adult or child you are interacting with gave you an excuse for something that was not done.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As a teacher, I have come across a few.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Some of these are genuine excuses that were actually heard, while others may sound plausible but, to my knowledge, were created by my imaginative mind. It\u2019s up to you to decide which are real and which are not.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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  1. My baby sister started chewing on my homework and got it all wet. My mom is ironing it flat at home. I\u2019m sure it will be dry by tomorrow.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. (a note from a parent) My daughter left her journal in her desk at school, and since we don\u2019t have a pencil long enough to reach it from home, she couldn\u2019t write her journal for today.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. I swear I did it, and I\u2019m sure I put it in my backpack. You can even call my mom.<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. My dad accidentally put it at the bottom of the bird cage by mistake. I don\u2019t think you want it after the bird pooped on it.<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. (while trying to do an assignment in a textbook in school) I can\u2019t get this book to work. Every time I press on the page number, it doesn\u2019t go to the next page.<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. You never taught that to us.<\/span><\/li>\n
  7. The page is smudgy and wrinkly because I couldn\u2019t get my dog to eat it.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  8. But my mom said I should call her if I forgot my lunch.<\/span><\/li>\n
  9. I didn\u2019t steal her pencil, and besides, I gave it back.<\/span><\/li>\n
  10. My mom doesn\u2019t let me do homework right after school, and then I had a baseball game later on.<\/span><\/li>\n
  11. Two pages? I thought you only said one page.<\/span><\/li>\n
  12. Homework? I didn\u2019t know we had homework.<\/span><\/li>\n
  13. I was absent the day you assigned it.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  14. (before calling a parent about a student\u2019s attitude) That\u2019s not how you pronounce my name. It\u2019s pronounced Da-Pache-ay.<\/span><\/li>\n
  15. (after calling the parent, my excuse) I\u2019m sorry, your son said it was pronounced that way.<\/span><\/li>\n
  16. My dad\u2019s car ran out of gas, so I had to walk to school; that\u2019s why I\u2019m late.<\/span><\/li>\n
  17. All I remember is this bright light that appeared in the sky, and the next thing I knew, my homework had disappeared.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  18. My mom always makes my lunch like that.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  19. My sister was binge-watching her favorite show, and I had to keep her company, so I didn\u2019t have time to read that chapter.<\/span><\/li>\n
  20. You said we shouldn\u2019t spend more than an hour a night on homework. Here\u2019s a note from my mom: she said I didn\u2019t have to do the math.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    What are some of the excuses that you have used or have been used on you?<\/span><\/p>\n

    Six of the ones I\u2019ve listed are actually interactions that I had with people. The rest of those may have occurred or not, but I can\u2019t remember a specific moment when or if they happened.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    If you respond to my writing, let me know which ones you believe are true. I\u2019ll let you know how you did.<\/span><\/p>\n

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