What works best is something like “explosive diarrhea.” Nobody ever calls you on that one, and if they start to question you just start giving the gory details of the symptoms.
Cheers, [Karl L. Wuensch]<http://core.ecu.edu/psyc/wuenschk/klw.htm> From: Beth Benoit [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, May 11, 2015 7:16 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Student excuses Mine seem to always have a "personal issue." Clearly, that covers anything and everything. I have a blanket two absences only rule. They don't need to tell me what their "personal issue" is (though they usually do, for some reason...I guess hoping I'll extend the number of absences they're allowed, though I almost never do) and I suggest they save those two for emergencies. If they miss a test (I give four throughout the semester), they take a makeup on the day of the final. Beth Benoit On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 6:42 PM, Tim Shearon <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Robin Mine seem to have hard disk crashes very frequently during the end of term (I've been putting warnings about backing up and keeping hard copies of each draft for some time). But is it just me or do more Grandfathers seem to be dying all of a sudden? Tim -----Original Message----- From: Robin Musselman [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] Sent: Monday, May 11, 2015 4:38 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Student excuses Talking to a colleague today about student excuses and I mentioned that dead grandmothers have been replaced by.....?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? Robin Musselman [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Sent from my iPhone --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b177a&n=T&l=tips&o=44692 or send a blank email to leave-44692-13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b1...@fsulist.frostburg.edu<mailto:leave-44692-13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b1...@fsulist.frostburg.edu> --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aaf72&n=T&l=tips&o=44693 or send a blank email to leave-44693-13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aa...@fsulist.frostburg.edu<mailto:leave-44693-13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aa...@fsulist.frostburg.edu> --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13060.c78b93d4d09ef6235e9d494b3534420e&n=T&l=tips&o=44694 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-44694-13060.c78b93d4d09ef6235e9d494b35344...@fsulist.frostburg.edu<mailto:leave-44694-13060.c78b93d4d09ef6235e9d494b35344...@fsulist.frostburg.edu> --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=44739 or send a blank email to leave-44739-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
