“My dog ate my homework” is, like, so yesterday. While the times they are a-changin’, so, too, are students’ homework excuses. Today’s digital natives have come up with some pretty inventive reasons for avoiding academic responsibility. Here are a few of my personal favorites, and by favorites I mean, here are just some of the reasons why I’m banging my head on my desk.
“My smart TV hacked my computer.”
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I bet the voice recognition remote told the TV to do it.
“Alexa gave me the wrong answers.”
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Inadvertent admission of cheating is almost as good as the assignment itself.
“I didn’t realize those hyperlinks would print.”
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If you’re going to copy and paste, at least show some pride in your plagiarism.
“Google Docs saved everyone else’s work but mine!”
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Look me in the eyes and say it again.
“The alert on my phone didn’t go off.”
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The ol’ AM and PM are tricky. May I suggest a planner, a sticky note, a string around your finger …
“My computer got a virus.”
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Had your computer’s three previous viruses not coincided with the due dates of our three previous assignments, I might have believed you.
“I didn’t know I couldn’t text you my paper.”
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How many paragraphs in were you before you realized that texting a five-page research paper wouldn’t work out?
“Our Wi-Fi was down.”
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Allow me to introduce you to the library.
“You didn’t get my assignment? Weird. I emailed it.”
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THAT IS WEIRD, ISN’T IT?
And of course, an oldie but goodie that continues to stand the test of time:
“I didn’t know we had an assignment—you didn’t remind us.”
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And, let me guess, neither did Siri?
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