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Discussing a late assignment arc junior Jason
Wheeler and English teacher Sarah Morgan. Teachers
Gelting Out oflighf ~pot$ often helped th eir student s out when they had mi ssed
many assignments.
by Lindsey Dame photo by Jenny Sclwrtow
Excuses could be heard quences than try to escape it," ·- .-_.~ ......
in almost every classroom in the freshman Aaron Flynn said. ..
school. Whether it was the ever- Along with excuses ....... ' , ...
so-popular "my dog ate my used at school, excuses were
homework," or "my printer also given to parents. Some
broke last ni ght," excuses didn't students used excuses to get an
always get students off the hook. extended curf ew, or to get out
"When I forget to do a of doing chores.
bi g assignment, I usually just "On the weekends
tell my teacher that I was when I want to stay out later to
cleaning my backpac k out the hang out with my friends, I
ni ght before, and I accidentally call my parents and tell them
threw it away. Sometimes it my friends and I are in the
works, but it just really depends middle of watching a really
on the teacher that I say it to," good movie. When I'm too
freshman Scott Anderson said. lazy to do chores, I' II just tell
Other students chose to them that I' II do it later. It
simply stay away from using the works most of the time, but
excuses for fear of rejection or sometimes it doesn't,"
getting caught. Sometimes, th e freshman Sarah Haith said .
risk just wasn't worth it. To get out of
"I don't think that using situati ons, excuses were a
excuses is always a good thing popular method used by
because all you are doing is students. Whatever the
covering up for a mi stake that reason, excuses were defi-
you did to yourself. It's much nitely put to use during the
safer just to face the conse-

Aanerud, Alan
Abrams, Alex
Adams, Jacob
Alberty, Sean
Aldredge, Jennif er
Allen, Shaun
Anchan, Smita

Andersen, Thomas
Andersen, Tiara
Anderson, Cadie
Anderson, Megan
Anderson, Scott
Anderson, Shawn
Anderson, Summer

Anderson, William
Annan, Austin
Antoniak, Nichol as
Applegate, David
Armburst, Evan
Ashbacher, Nathan
Bacon, Justin

Bailey, Devyn
Baldwin, Keith
Banghart, Lauren
Barohn, Alycia
Barrow, Christian
Bartlett, Brett
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