As 2018 comes to a close, EduBirdie, https://edubirdie.com/, a proofreading platform, surveyed students on the most outlandish excuses they gave for missing homework this year and compiled this list of the top 10 most outrageous excuses.
- My dog peed on my homework
- The assignment was on my computer and I accidentally ran over my computer with my car
- I knocked over my candle and it set my homework on fire
- I got food poisoning and couldn’t leave the bathroom for two days
- I was getting rid of old assignments and accidentally shredded it
- I had to get my eyes dilated, so my vision was too blurred to see my homework
- My cat was in labor with 6 kittens
- My elderly neighbor was having car troubles, so I had to take her to run her errands
- On my way to class a guy ran up to me and stole my backpack that had my homework in it
- When I was doing my homework my computer started smoking and I thought it was going to explode, so I couldn’t finish.
