This may have worked. I once excused a student for being late because the geese were being aggressive.
i’m not a teacher, but if i was i’d excuse it just because they took the effort to compose such a crazy story. probably learned more than i’d have taught them that day a anyway
Oh, the funniest part of this to me was how certain I was it was true. I used to have to find alternate routes into the building all the time because of the geese. I think they nested in the bushes near all the doors. If it wasn’t, it was a very good lie and I appreciated the effort anyway.
yeah, as a canadian i feel like i criminally neglected that part of your comment
I mean, I’m still marking you absent. But you’re definitely getting an A for creative effort!
Even sending me a note that you’re going to be late is more consideration than I usually get, but I’ve got enough on-spectrum students that I can very much see this being a legit scenario (though I teach CS so it’s a little heavy on the neurodivergent representation). IDK, if they’re an otherwise decent student I might let this slide (once), though almost entirely for the novelty of someone actually letting me know they’re running late.
The specific wording of the note is a direct reference to Kafka’s metamorphosis! So depending on the class and year, teacher should be proud.
