Which of the following is NOT an absence excuse note from an actual parent in my current files?
1. Please excuse Jackie Smith* for Wednesday, January 18, 2006. She dropped her breath last night and couldn’t get it until very late this morning.
2. My son Brian Flanders* was not in school on February 28 through March 2 because he had the “shits” and could not leave the restroom for more than 30 minutes at a time.
3. My daughter Melody Rogers* was not in school on March 14, 2006. She fell out because she is getting her period soon.
I kid you not.
*The names have been changed to protect the innocent … from their parents.
No takers? #3 is the lie … not an absence excuse note but a real excuse used by the student herself when she was 25 minutes late to class and was caught by me in the bathroom with a pass.