Many, many years ago, one of our teachers wrote an article in the MSE school newspaper featuring the excuses they’d heard as to why students were showing up late to class. As a blast from the past, we’ve asked some current teachers at MSE for the craziest excuses they’ve heard.

Mr. Zara: “One student told me that right before he was going to leave, his father went into the bathroom for 30 minutes. He said that his father was supposed to drive him. It was kinda genius because you couldn’t exactly call his parents.” 

Mr. Tirado: “I had to pick up Dunkin’.” 

Mr. Salisbury: “The lack of excuse is more amusing. Like I got coffee or I was sleeping in.” 

Ms. Hesseltine: “I had a student once say he was late because he had to meet with his clients. I said to him, ‘From now on, I’m your number one client.’”

Ms. Downey: “Lots of students tell me ‘I was here, just been in the bathroom with diarrhea.’ It’s very uncomfortable but they have no shame.” 

We couldn’t conclude this without mentioning our favorite ones from the original issue!

“My dog chewed the wire to my alarm clock and I woke up late.”

“I forgot my ID so the security guard did not let me enter until I gave her a black pen and ½ gallon of human blood.”

“The dog took a long time to poop.” 

“I didn’t sleep.”

“The dog wouldn’t wake up for his walk.”