Commerce students are using their imaginations to come up with unique and, better yet, useful ideas to get out of having to attend class this semester.
Ever since there has been mandatory attendance for classes, there have been students trying to find ways to get out of those classes. With old favorites like “the dog ate my homework” going out of style, students at Texas A&M University – Commerce have begun to put on their thinking caps to come up with some new excuses to help them get out of class and back into bed.
While there are some students on campus who would rather lie to avoid having to sit in a classroom for any extended amount of time, there are still some students on campus who prefer to be honest no matter how silly the truth may be.
“I missed a class once because I got stung by a bee,” junior business information systems major J.T. Bruch said. “I’m allergic to bees, so after I got stung, I immediately downed so much Benadryl that I couldn’t drive to class.”
Even though some students believe honesty is the best policy, sometimes telling the truth can reveal a student’s nerdy side; however, it is not always a bad thing.
“I told one of my teachers I couldn’t come to class because I was in the middle of a battleground on World of Warcraft (WoW),” junior psychology and math major, George Swindell said. “It was okay though, because my professor was actually into WoW.”
Whether the stories are true or not, some of the professors on campus have heard their fair share of excuses from students.
“I once had a student call me to tell me she couldn’t take a final because her mother had died,” Dean of Honors College, Dr. Raymond Green said. “But when I called her house a few weeks later to schedule a make-up exam, her mother answered the phone.”
Using the “death in the family” excuse may be a bit outdated or unoriginal, but there is a reason students keep using it: it works. Though it may be less common in usage, young ladies have their own useful, gender-specific excuse up their sleeves.
“When I want to sleep in or even just skip, I tell my professor ‘I have a really personal problem right now,'” junior business major Leslie Hilger-Cooper said. “Then I just kind of nod, making them think it’s ‘lady time.’ Works every time.”