Excuses, Excuses
Excuses, Excuses
Even though some excuses for turning in work late as seen in “The Dog Ate My Disk, and Other Tales of Woe” by Carolyn Foster Segal, some excuses given are legitimate for turning in late work. Some unforeseeable events, such as traffic accidents, death in the family, weather that causes an evacuation, and a fire are just a few are all events that students can not control, which result in turning in late work.
It is Monday morning, students are on their way to the first class period of the day, their paper is due first thing as they walk in the door. Tragedy strikes on their way to school as a mo-torists runs a red light, t-boning the students car and causing a major accident. However the stu-dent could have emailed the assignment to the professor, this professor only accepts copies in pe-rson. The student did not predict the accident he/she would be involved in this morning, or maybe he/she would have left a little later, or a little earlier, or even taken a different route to school that day. Family members getting into an accident could go either way, depending on who the family member is and where they are located. If a distant cousin from four hundred miles away gets into a fender bender, teachers will probably be very skeptical to accept late work. However a mother, father, or immediate family member, gets into an automobile accident could be an acceptable excuse for turning in late work.
A death in the family is a very tragic occurrence and could have many different effects on the student and their work they are planning to turn in. Segal states “ What heartless student would lie, wish death on a revered family member, just to avoid a deadline?”(461) Hopefully no student would use a death in the family to avoid a deadline. Death is not to be taken lightly, nor used in a demeaning manner. Segal also says, “What heartless teacher would dare to question a student 's grief or veracity?”(461). Hopefully no teacher or professor would
Even though some excuses for turning in work late as seen in “The Dog Ate My Disk, and Other Tales of Woe” by Carolyn Foster Segal, some excuses given are legitimate for turning in late work. Some unforeseeable events, such as traffic accidents, death in the family, weather that causes an evacuation, and a fire are just a few are all events that students can not control, which result in turning in late work.
It is Monday morning, students are on their way to the first class period of the day, their paper is due first thing as they walk in the door. Tragedy strikes on their way to school as a mo-torists runs a red light, t-boning the students car and causing a major accident. However the stu-dent could have emailed the assignment to the professor, this professor only accepts copies in pe-rson. The student did not predict the accident he/she would be involved in this morning, or maybe he/she would have left a little later, or a little earlier, or even taken a different route to school that day. Family members getting into an accident could go either way, depending on who the family member is and where they are located. If a distant cousin from four hundred miles away gets into a fender bender, teachers will probably be very skeptical to accept late work. However a mother, father, or immediate family member, gets into an automobile accident could be an acceptable excuse for turning in late work.
A death in the family is a very tragic occurrence and could have many different effects on the student and their work they are planning to turn in. Segal states “ What heartless student would lie, wish death on a revered family member, just to avoid a deadline?”(461) Hopefully no student would use a death in the family to avoid a deadline. Death is not to be taken lightly, nor used in a demeaning manner. Segal also says, “What heartless teacher would dare to question a student 's grief or veracity?”(461). Hopefully no teacher or professor would
Cited: Segal, Carolyn Foster. “The Dog Ate My Disk, and Other Tales of Woe” Patterns for College Writing. 12th ed. Ed. Laurie G Kirszner and Stephen R. Mandell. Boston: Bedford, 2012 460-463. Print.