Types of Excuses Students Make up for Missing Classes

張貼日期：Feb 23, 2010 12:17:38 AM

Olivia Li

Nowadays, most students like to ask for leave with excuses. This situation seldom happened previously. At my parents' age, the teachers were very serious when they were teaching. Students were all afraid of teachers at that time. Today, punishment is not encouraged to use on students. So students ask for leave quite frequently. The following three types of excuses are among the ones used most often by college students.

The first type is about their daily habits or inconveniences. For example, "I overslept," "my alarm clock was broken," and "I missed the bus," and so on. Many students use this kind of excuses once in a while. The reason why they use them is that they just want to sleep and not go to classes. Those excuses are commonly used, but I suspect that teachers would believe them.

Many students pretend to be sick. The excuses they always use are "I had a stomachache" or "I had a cold." If they don't like the class, these excuses will be very useful. And the excuse that is used only by girls is menstrual cramps. But this excuse can only be used once a month. Thus, this excuse is not used frequently. Maybe one day when you really have a stomachache or menstrual cramps, the teacher will think you are lying. Also, students are required to provide proof for this kind of excuses, so students have to use them very carefully.

Sometimes, students will use very serious excuses. For instance, they will say someone of my family or my pet passed away. After all, it's not a very appropriate excuse for missing classes. It sounds like they are cursing someone. So I think students had better not use this kind of excuses.

We students should not make up excuses for missing classes. It's a wrong way to ask for leave. I had an experience of making up excuses for missing a class. Once I told my teacher that I had a cold, and I couldn't go to school. But I went out with my friends. After three days, I really had a cold, and I didn't feel very well. But I couldn't tell the teacher that I had a cold again. My excuse would be unmasked if I made the same excuse in such a short time. It's called "more loss than gain." And I will never make excuses like that again.