No Parent Left Behind?
I sincerely hope that this e-mail collection of "real" excuse notes written by parents in Tennessee is a humorous urban legend. Unfortunately, I find it all too believable. Thanks to Bev for sending.
- My son is under a doctor’s care and should not take PE today. Please execute him.
- Please exkuce lisa for being absent she was sick and i had her shot.
- Dear school: please ecsc’s john being absent on jan. 28, 29, 30, 31, 32 and also 33.
- Please excuse gloria from jim today. She is administrating.
- Please excuse roland from p.e. for a few days. Yesterday he fell out of a tree and misplaced his hip.
- Carlos was absent yesterday because he was playing football. He was hurt in the growing part.
- Megan could not come to school today because she has been bothered by very close veins.
- Chris will not be in school cus he has an acre in his side.
- Please excuse ray friday from school. He has very loose vowels.
- Please excuse pedro from being absent yesterday. He had diahre dyrea direathe the sh**s.
- Irving was absent yesterday because he missed his bust.
- Please excuse jimmy for being. It was his father’s fault.
- I kept billie home because she had to go christmas shopping because i don’t know what size she wear.
- Please excuse jennifer for missing school yesterday. We forgot to get the sunday paper off the porch, and when we found it monday. We thought it was sunday.
- Sally won’t be in school a week from friday. We have to attend her funeral.
- My daughter was absent yesterday because she was tired. She spent a weekend with the marines.
- Please excuse mary for being absent yesterday. She was in bed with gramps.
- Gloria was absent yesterday as she was having a gangover.
- Please excuse brenda. She has been sick and under the doctor.
- Maryann was absent december 11-16, because she had a fever, sorethroat, headache and upset stomach. Her sister was also sick, fever an sore throat, her brother had a low grade fever and ached all over. I wasn’t the best either, sore throat and fever. There must be something going around, her father even got hot last night.