Hayfield Secondary School - Harvester Yearbook (Alexandria, VA)

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18 Excuses Well Excu-u-use me Are teachers getting wise to your excuses? Are you having difficulty getting away with anything at all? Don't just give up on your less than noble existence, get up-to-date on the newest excuses! Even if it's too late to use them this year, you can always memorize them over the summer and be prepared for the fall of 1985. Suppose, for example, that you drove to school and got there late. You could always say that you woke up late, but that excuse, more often than not, goes unacknowledged even if it's true. A better excuse would be that while driving you were side-swiped by a load of nuns, or perhaps the stop sign would not turn green. Of course, any practical teacher would understand your being tardy if you explain that some- one put a potato in your muffler. And what teacher could possibly argue with a tardy student who explains that he was busy talking to the principal about the tardiness of the majority of the students? While these excuses work great for tardy students, they are, alas, inappropriate excuses for a student lacking homework. In these instances, it is best for the student to question the teacher's sanity by asking, Are you sure you didn't say it was due next Friday? Everyone else thought you said that too. Or you could erase the board saying Due Wednesday and replace it with Due Friday. You might also want to state that you were not aware that your teacher was being serious when he assigned that term paper. School also serves as a great excuse for borrowing money from your parents. This is where such sayings as, I need to buy a book for English, and They raised the price of lunch again originated. So be original, and don't be afraid to tell a little lie. Mark Twain, in his Advice to Youth Speech, 1882, stated: Some authorities hold that the young ought not to lie at all. That, of course, is putting it rather stronger than necessary, still, while I cannot go quite so far as that, I do maintain, and believe that I am right, that the young ought to be temperate in the use of this great art until practice and experience shall give them that confidence, elegance and precision which alone can make the accomplishment graceful and profitable. You're really pushing it! Students sometimes even had legitimate excuses for being late. I was only two minutes late! Senior Deepak Nachnani wonders if he will be able to graduate this year as planned. rg 472 253- fe.W 4?w '4'f,'A 4 ' I K' l r fi if V S ,, 4 5' ,,,:,my,gg,q,m,,,. . f, I ' I 323251 Q

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