New research suggests the average British teacher now hears 15 different homework excuses every week. But, the traditional excuses are increasingly being replaced by technology related ones, as schools encourage pupils to complete more work on PCs/laptops & store essays on school websites.
Sue Cooke, assistant head teacher at Wallington County Grammar School, Surrey, said:
Initially I think teachers were more likely to believe technology related excuses but, we are definitely wising up to their tech trickery. We are having to become more tech-savvy ourselves so that we are able to offer the kids advice to assist those who are genuinely having problems with their computer.
According to the latest study, some 68 per cent of pupils are now submitting school work typed on a computer. Researchers said this made it easier to blame technology faults since, one in four teachers admitted they were less likely to challenge excuses based on computer errors than a year ago.
However, teachers are still seeing through many excuses.
According to the study, the most extravagant reasons for late homework included a computer being hacked by Russians and a PC exploding after a dog urinated on it.
The Top 5 Tech Related Homework Excuses:
- My computer crashed and I lost it
- I finished my homework but then I deleted it by accident
- I could not print it out
- My Internet was down so I could not do any research
- I lost my laptop.
The Top 5 Worst Tech Related Excuses:
- My dad’s computer was hacked by the Russians and they stole my homework
- A burglar stole my printed-out homework along with the computer
- The PC exploded when our dog went to the toilet on it
- I accidentally tipped a bottle of cider over the computer and it broke
- I finished my homework on my Chinese friends PC but, when it printed my assignment it was all in Chinese
The Top 5 Worst Non-Tech Excuses:
- My mum put my homework in the washing machine, and then burnt it as she tried to iron it dry
- The wind blew my homework into a pond, and then a swan ate it
- My brother drove off with my homework in his lorry, and then he lost it in France
- I asked my dad to check my work & he said it was rubbish & ripped it up
- I took my essay to the soccer match on Saturday to finish it off at half time but, the match was abandoned after 10 minutes.
9 responses so far ↓
Mr. A* pupil // December 3, 2008 at 10:01 pm |
right, listen up and listen good. If you find yourself in need of a quick excuse about not doing homework I used one today: Before the lesson started I told the teacher that my bag had come open and my homework folder dropped out, the pieces of homework were scatered. The one my techer needed magically “blew” away and he just said “Bring it in tommorow”.
P.S For this trick you need to be the best (or one of the best) in class, like me!
P.P.S You need to tell the teacher before the lesson starts thus making you look concerned and reproachful. BLOODY MAGIC!! THAT’S ME FOR YA! THE BEST BLOODY WELSH/ENGLISH STUDENT THAT EVER LIVED!
Smiley // December 26, 2008 at 3:55 pm |
Yeah the previous one is ALMOST right, if you want to make it more realistic, go to them before the day even starts (so as soon as you get to school, tech what ever) and tell them but put on the your-about-to-cry-but-ur-being-brave look. And dont use stuff like magically, thats a bit obvious and i reckon you could go for the whole “half my assesments flew away
” lol.
Yeah and i have some others um you could say oh its not in my folder i think i left it in my locker and most teachers wont let you go to your locker so they wont know but if they say go and get it then just pretend your looking through it and tell them you must have left it at home. and if your parents dont live together, you could say im soo sorry im pretty sure i left it at my dads house (or mums house) . yeah i would pu more (trust me i had to make up/use heaps lol) but i g2g bye
laxtor // March 3, 2009 at 11:12 pm |
gooood
dduran69 // March 9, 2009 at 9:34 pm |
well for the other 2 i dont understand but this one could work lets say your walkin home and by a mistake you left ur bookbag open u could say that it fell out or a person went inside ur bookbag and stole ur homework. PS if it dosent work well then im sorry or acuse her for giveing u homework.
dduran69 // March 9, 2009 at 9:54 pm |
my dog ate my homework or it was abducted by aliens are for kids that in 1 or 2 grade PS im a senior at high school
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah
kj // June 9, 2009 at 7:20 am |
hey tht is really gud …………all r the worst excuses in d world…….
kj // June 9, 2009 at 7:22 am |
it made me laugh ……………….
K.L // June 10, 2009 at 1:14 am |
thx i needed that
C.C // January 21, 2010 at 9:38 pm |
If you need an excuse then here is 1……I put it in the safe and lost the combonation !!!! But im the best!