Dear Tipsters, Anyone have a list of professor excuses for not getting papers back on time?
Sincerely, Stuart ______________________________ "Recti Cultus Pectora Roborant" Stuart J. McKelvie, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, Bishop's University, 2600 rue College, Sherbrooke (Borough of Lennoxville), QC J1M 1Z7, Canada. [email protected] (819)822-9600X2402 "Floreat Labore" ______________________________ From: Jim Matiya [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, May 11, 2015 7:51 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: RE: [tips] Student excuses >From Doug Bernstein... The following list2 is organized in accordance with the student excuse category system established in 1986 by Martin Schwartz in his groundbreaking article entitled "An experimental investigation of bad karma and its relationship to the grades of college students" (Journal of Polymorphous Perversity, 3, 9-12. This is a real reference, folks; grade-point average was inversely related to frequency of excuses). Here we go: Grandparental Death. This old favorite needs no description, but one professor's class established what must be a world's record when 14 out of 250 students reported their grandmothers dead just before the final exam. Friend/Relative Accident/Illness. "I missed the exam because of my uncle's funeral, and I can't take the make-up test tomorrow because I just found out my aunt has a brain tumor." "I can't take the test on Friday because my mother is having a vasectomy." Automobile Problems. "I'm late for the test because I hit a toilet in the middle of the road." "I had an accident, the police impounded my car, and my paper is in the glove compartment." Animal Trauma. "I can't be at the exam because my cat is having kittens and I'm her coach." "I don't have my paper done because my guide dog has a bladder infection and I've been taking her to the vet." "My paper is late because my sister's dog had to have her puppies delivered by Caeserian section." "I couldn't be at the exam because I had to attend the funeral of my girlfriend's dog." "My paper is late because my parrot crapped into my computer." Crime Victimization. "I need to take the final early because the husband of the woman I am seeing is threatening to kill me." "I can't take the test because some guys upstairs chinned themselves on the sprinkler pipes, which broke and soaked my apartment. And cross-list this one with automobile problems: "I missed the exam because someone stole all my tires." Other. "I want to reschedule the final because my grandmother is a nun." "I'm too happy to give my presentation tomorrow." (The contributor noted: "This was easily fixed.") "I can't finish my paper because I just found out my girlfriend is a nymphomaniac." "I'm too depressed to take the exam; I just found my girlfriend in bed with another man." Note slipped under lab door before an experiment: "I am unable to come to lab because I don't have time." "I can't take the exam on Monday because my mom is getting married on Sunday and I'll be too drunk to drive back to school." Finally, there is the excuse given by two students who, after sitting next to each other during an exam, were asked why their answer sheets contained identical responses to different forms of the test: "We studied together." Jim Matiya Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around...Leo Buscaglia > From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > CC: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: re: [tips] Student excuses > Date: Mon, 11 May 2015 19:23:54 -0400 > > On Mon, 11 May 2015 15:39:01 -0700, Robin Musselman wrote: > >Talking to a colleague today about student excuses and I mentioned > >that dead grandmothers have been replaced by.....? > >I'm fairly certain the substitute was mentioned on this list, but I > >just > >can't remember. Anyone who can help me? > > I think you might be referring to a Tips thread that Nancy Melucci > started back in September 2014. Here is a link to a response > by Miguel Roig on Mail Archive that will put you in the middle of > the thread (go to the bottom to get links to all of the responses): > http://www.mail-archive.com/tips%40fsulist.frostburg.edu/msg12144.html > > I don't remember if someone/thing (some people get upset if > their computer dies; I hope we're not in "Her" territory here) has > replaced grandma/pa but you can examine the thread. > > Also, Chris Green posted on Tips a message about the > best student excuses back in August 2012; see: > http://www.mail-archive.com/tips%40fsulist.frostburg.edu/msg08531.html > > The basis for his post was an article on the "Inside Higher > Education" website on the "Best Student Excuses": > https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/08/30/british-lecturer-compiles-best-student-excuses > NOTE: Don't forget to look at the comments below the > article. > > -Mike Palij > New York University > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > P.S. 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