When you were in school (elementary, middle school, high school, undergrad, grad school, etc.), did you ever use a really bad excuse for not turning in your homework? 
- I lost it fighting this kid who said you weren’t the best teacher in the school.
- I was mugged on the way to school and the mugger took everything I had
- Our puppy toilet trained on it
- Some aliens from outer space borrowed it so they could study how the human brain worked.
- I put it in a safe, but lost the combination
- I loaned it to a friend, but he suddenly moved away
- Our furnace stopped working and we had to burn it to stop ourselves from freezing
- I left it in my shirt and my mother put it in the washing machine
- I didn’t do it because I didn’t want to add to your already heavy workload
And of course, the oldest one in the book…My dog ate my homework.
Well, today that oldest excuse in the book, was a real reason for one of my students. Her dog actually did eat her homework! (actual homework assignment in picture above) I thought it was so incredibly funny that the excuse that dates back decades is officially no longer an excuse any more!
Are pigs going to start flying next?
