I want to miss the final

I want to miss the final
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I had a student tell me she would be missing the final to drive her grandma to the airport. I said, “Can’t someone else drive her?” She replied, “Yeah but I want to do it!”

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Tripped on the stairs

Tripped on the stairs
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After a student was late to class, he said he fell on the stairs. He used that excuse several times, too.

Band over everything else

Band over everything else
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Elephant in the road

Elephant in the road
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My mother’s excuse for being late for work: Barnum and Bailey’s circus was in town and the elephant got loose and sat down in the middle of the road and they couldn’t get him to move.

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