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bloody hell! our stupid tutor teacher has made this new policy where if we are late to tutor we get detentions. i am late every day, it's not my fault, im ready on time, my lift just doesnt get here!

grrrrrrrrrrrr........(no that is not one of those cutsely so called "sexy" cat like grrr's, its a truly pissed grrr)

these are the excuses i have used:

the person i car pool with was sick

sorry, i was seeing the head of drama about my commitment with helping her tonight.

i had to see the lost and found person as my lock was stolen from my locker when i was standing there (this one was actually true)

i got one detention, but got out of it by complaining to my head of house. he relented and said i had to help one of my friends write her debate, so i sat there for a while and then left. other excuses used:

i had to get my concession card stamped by admin who took to long.

traffic

flute lesson

flute choir (which is actually at lunch time)

flute quintet (which is actually a quartet, and im not even in it!)

band (im not in them)

i had to see the head of house.

i went to maths extension

i was at the prayer meeting (yes.....praying id get to tutor on time...)

i had to see the drama teacher to get an extension on my assignment (which has to be done in class time!)

i was getting science tutoring

thats all i can remember for now, but i will add to this almost daily!!

-Mel :P

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Oh my god Mel, you are hilarious. I found myself in exactly your predicament last year around this time. And, as with you, it is not my fault.

It's quite funny actually. You have to get to school on time to be on time for tutor. You have to walk all the way from J cluster to G cluster. Haha...I have to walk about 4 metres. And Mrs.Row's rarely on time (unlike Merret who was there at 8:34 every morning). Hahaha...

All right, I'll stop laughing at you now. What you need is a permanant excuse that'll allow you to stroll in at 8:44 every day. (Tutor goes from 8:35-8:45 by the way).

flute lesson

flute choir (which is actually at lunch time)

flute quintet (which is actually a quartet, and im not even in it!)

band (im not in them)

i was at the prayer meeting (yes.....praying id get to tutor on time...)

These are good. A teacher would presume that these happen weekly, thus giving you excuses for 4 out of 5 days. However, given that either you're not in these groups or that they don't even rehearse in the mornings, they might not be very good in the long term.

i had to get my concession card stamped by admin who took to long.
traffic

i had to see the head of house.

i went to maths extension

i had to see the drama teacher to get an extension on my assignment (which has to be done in class time!)

i was getting science tutoring

Also good, but must be one offs. They won't work again. For a good excuse take what I did:

There is no other possible way for me to get to school in the morning except to get a lift with my neighbour, because my parents both work and if I were to get a lift with them I'd have to wake up at 5am every morning, and I can't catch a bus because there are no buses in my area, and my neighbour has chronic fatigue(true) and has trouble getting up to go to school in the mornings(bull shit), and etcetera.

This was followed by a letter from my parents saying we were trying to find an alternative method of transportation, but the current situation would have to carry on for a while.

Am I good or what? I wasn't on time to a single tutor period last year. Nor did anyone try to find an alternative means of transport.

It needs parental co-operation though. Good luck.

P.S. Just remember, the more often you turn up late, the more used the teachers get to you being late.

Which world is Plato in?

This post was edited by Jeanette on Mar 29, 2003.