Friday Foto:: Lost Homework

I am wondering if the students’ excuses for homework not done have anything to do with culture. If we only look at the top of the cultural iceberg, to the cultural things that are visible, then yes, I can say for sure these excuses will be different from one country to another. For instance, when I was growing up in Romania, not many people had pets. If they did, they almost always lived outside. This means that, back then, Romanian students could never use the current, very popular American excuse: “my pet ate my homework” – but what excuses did we use? I can’t remember! And, speaking of the pet excuse, my husband, who is American, says that this is actually an excuse that nobody really uses in the US, since everybody could see through it. But now I am very curious: are there any stereotypical excuses used in your country?