Once again, this time from the 2nd year cohort (who were 1st years last time), I'm getting a list of excuses from students for missing lectures and/or assignment deadlines. Many of these may well be genuine (I'm no lie-detector!) so pity the poor students for whom luck seems in short supply:
- Jury service.
- Driving test.
- Got married.
- Infected foot.
- Dead uncle (3).
- Dental surgery.
- Flu (no sick note).
- Dead grandmother.
- Court appearance.
- Parent had a stroke.
- Hospital appointment.
- Doctor's appointment (2).
- Playing in a football match.
- Father ill and in Los Angeles.
- Aunt died after a prolonged ilness.
- Eye problems following a car accident.
- Ill (unspecified & I don't want to know!)
- Pre-booked holiday in the last fortnight of term ... an honest student!
- Head injuries and follow-up Hospital appointments following a car accident.
- Car accident followed by time-consuming physiotherapy from both insurers!
- Flu this week, car accident & whiplash last week and a household burglary the week before.
- Mystery virus since November. Flu-like symptoms severe enough to prevent work for 2 months (?!)
- Car accident & mugging last year and another accident this year leading to a series of hospital appointments.
