The Circumlocutory Circuitous Route

After having been a teacher for the past decade, I have probably heard every color and shape of excuse… welcome to the circumlocutory circuitous route to completing homework! The funny thing is the joke is always on the student. There is no cheating hard work.

For appearances, economic interest, reputation, job security, or what have you, teachers have chosen not to “out” their students every time they hear an “excuse-deemed-excuse,” shall we say, but, we always feel guilty doing it. Because, well, most of us love our students.