NOTABLE EXCUSES AP
ran a story recently about some excuses that were sent into Leesville High School, in Louisiana. They were compiled by the Assistant Principal, Richard Carter. Some were probably made up by the students, others might well have been written by the parents in this rural northwest Louisiana parish. When they were printed the students were given the anonymous names of Mary or Fred. “My son is under the doctor’s care and should not take P. E. today,” one parent wrote. “Please execute him.” “Please excuse Mary for being absent. She was sick and I had her shot.” “Mary was absent from school yesterday as she was having a gangover,” wrote one parent, who apparently expected the school to be tolerant of social follies. “Mary could not come to school today because she was bothered by very close veins.” “Fred has an acre in his side.” And lastly, the most generic excuse of all: “Please excuse Fred for being. It was his…
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