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Part 4: The Best (Really Worst) College Student Excuses of All Time - The Pets and Animals File
Overview As an overview, this article is part of a series (Overview: The Best (Really Worst) College Student Excuses of All Time - Introduction to the Article Series), exploring what excuses college students have offered to explain an absence, a missed exam, a paper or project being late, etc. All of these excuses have been collected from this author’s contemporaries - professors and instructors at colleges and universities all across America. As such, it is a “crowdsourced” piece, and I owe them my gratitude for sharing their “best” excuses - which in reality means the “worst” - from their students over the years that provided the basis for this article series. And in all of these articles, each of which deals with a different “origin area” for student excuses, from health to tech to social to pets and more, we not only see excuses that make us laugh, but we also see some that could make you cry, as there are also stories of students who “went the extra mile” and persevered over the unique obstacles they might have faced in their lives to succeed in school.
By David Wyld5 years ago in Education
Part 12: The Best (Really Worst) College Student Excuses of All Time - The Online Classes/Zoom File
Overview As an overview, this article is part of a series (Overview: The Best (Really Worst) College Student Excuses of All Time - Introduction to the Article Series), exploring what excuses college students have offered to explain an absence, a missed exam, a paper or project being late, etc. All of these excuses have been collected from this author’s contemporaries - professors and instructors at colleges and universities all across America. As such, it is a “crowdsourced” piece, and I owe them my gratitude for sharing their “best” excuses - which in reality means the “worst” - from their students over the years that provided the basis for this article series. And in all of these articles, each of which deals with a different “origin area” for student excuses, from health to tech to social to pets and more, we not only see excuses that make us laugh, but we also see some that could make you cry, as there are also stories of students who “went the extra mile” and persevered over the unique obstacles they might have faced in their lives to succeed in school (A complete list of the articles in the series with links to them is provided at the end of this article.)
By David Wyld5 years ago in Education
Surviving Summer School
There is a big push to graduate with your bachelor's degree in 4 years - I get it, we all want to get where we are going. However, not everyone can juggle 15 units per semester while also working, managing family, and still somehow enjoying a moment of silence. One way to finish your college degree in 4 years, without drowning in homework, is to take a couple of summer courses.
By Dianna Blake5 years ago in Education
Summer School
Summer School My first week of summer after my sophomore year at Mater Dei turned into five days I’ll never, though try as I might, forget. About two weeks before the end of the school year, the old man gave me my reprieve, he was going to let me leave the rigors of Catholic School life and go public, it was a gentleman’s agreement, sans the handshake.
By Gregory Dolan Dies5 years ago in Education
How to Support Pregnant College Students
Being pregnant is equal parts beautiful and exhausting. Between the frequent bathroom trips, nausea, muscle spasms, and changes in mood, we really go through it! Imagine enduring all that comes with pregnancy while also balancing the life of a college student. Many women do this and come out victorious, but not all. As a former “mom in college” who experienced a semester of college while pregnant, and as someone who works with pregnant students, I can promise you there is a need for further understanding from all stakeholders in higher education. Here are a few ways to support pregnant students:
By Dianna Blake5 years ago in Education
A Funny Thing Happened in Class Today
Now that I have retired from the teaching profession, I am constantly getting calls and emails from young teachers just starting out in the business, asking me for advice of some sort regarding lesson preparation, classroom management or student evaluation. Usually, I tell them that all of that sort of thing will just naturally fall into place once the amount of stress present in a teacher’s life has been significantly reduced. I have put together my Top Ten list of stress reduction techniques and practices for teachers. The list follows in the space below.
By John Oliver Smith5 years ago in Education
How I Teach English Online and Travel the World.
I started teaching with VIPKID a little over two years ago. I had been sent LinkedIn messages about it countless times but ignored them for years. I met a woman while traveling, who informed me, that it was in fact a real job.
By Emily Weiss5 years ago in Education
Part 9: The Best (Really Worst) College Student Excuses of All Time - The Technology File
Overview As an overview, this article is part of a series (Overview: The Best (Really Worst) College Student Excuses of All Time - Introduction to the Article Series), exploring what excuses college students have offered to explain an absence, a missed exam, a paper or project being late, etc. All of these excuses have been collected from this author’s contemporaries - professors and instructors at colleges and universities all across America. As such, it is a “crowdsourced” piece, and I owe them my gratitude for sharing their “best” excuses - which in reality means the “worst” - from their students over the years that provided the basis for this article series. And in all of these articles, each of which deals with a different “origin area” for student excuses, from health to tech to social to pets and more, we not only see excuses that make us laugh, but we also see some that could make you cry, as there are also stories of students who “went the extra mile” and persevered over the unique obstacles they might have faced in their lives to succeed in school (A complete list of the articles in the series with links to them is provided at the end of this article.)
By David Wyld5 years ago in Education
Part 8: The Best (Really Worst) College Student Excuses of All Time - The Social File
Overview As an overview, this article is part of a series (Overview: The Best (Really Worst) College Student Excuses of All Time - Introduction to the Article Series), exploring what excuses college students have offered to explain an absence, a missed exam, a paper or project being late, etc. All of these excuses have been collected from this author’s contemporaries - professors and instructors at colleges and universities all across America. As such, it is a “crowdsourced” piece, and I owe them my gratitude for sharing their “best” excuses - which in reality means the “worst” - from their students over the years that provided the basis for this article series. And in all of these articles, each of which deals with a different “origin area” for student excuses, from health to tech to social to pets and more, we not only see excuses that make us laugh, but we also see some that could make you cry, as there are also stories of students who “went the extra mile” and persevered over the unique obstacles they might have faced in their lives to succeed in school (A complete list of the articles in the series with links to them is provided at the end of this article.)
By David Wyld5 years ago in Education
Overview: The Best (Really Worst) College Student Excuses of All Time - Introduction to the Article Series
This is the introductory article to a series of articles exploring the “best” - well, read that as the worst - excuses offered by college students for missing classes, tests, paper due dates, etc. The basis of the articles has been “crowdsourced,” as college professors from around the country responded to an invitation on social media to share their most memorable excuses offered by their students over the course of their teaching careers. The article series has been compiled and authored by Dr. David C. Wyld, himself a business professor with over thirty years of classroom experience. While prior to this project, he might have thought that he had seen it all, the feedback Dr. Wyld got from hundreds of professors for this series of articles shows just how unlucky, how creative, and yes, sometimes just how inspiring a student excuse can be!
By David Wyld5 years ago in Education
