The Ultimate All-Purpose Excuse

The definition for excuse is to make apology for, and to try to remove blame from. I can’t say be a man and be honest, because then I would be a hypocrite.

My first excuse would be, it’s not my fault. I don’t tend to get in trouble a lot but when and if I don’t I would say not my prolem (Asian accent from hangover). My mother is kind of strict and kind of easy going but if I were to do something and just say not my problem she would probably bite my head off. Although she is slightly easy going she taught me not to ever disrespect your “elders” or basically anyone. I have found out that it is better if you just tell the truth; I have found out that if you do that you will either get in less trouble or get away with it completely.

For example, whenever you miss school you are either excused or not excused and well to be able to get your homework you have to of been excused. So if me and my mom have to run errands or something of that sort, she will write me a note for the next day that says “ Haley wasn’t feeling well, or Haley had an appointment” and then I will receive a slip that says excused.

Some excuses will get you into trouble, but not your ordinary trouble. It’s called sympathy. For instance if you were to say “My cousins sisters mom passed away and I had to go to her funeral”. After you say that people will begin to feel really sad and ask you how you are, and to me that is just messed up to lie about going to a funeral.

“Excuses are like belly buttons, everyone has one and they aint worth nothing.” I think that is humorous, partly because the other saying is not school appropriate. It’s better to tell the truth and that’s what I have learned to do, excuses aren’t worth it because you could find yourself caught into a big lie and let me tell you that is embarrassing.  I do make a lot of excuses in school like “I was really busy last night”, or “You never said when it was due.” When reality I knew the whole time, and that one can get you into trouble because there is always that one teacher’s pet that will say Mrs. So&So, you said yesterday that, that was due today! Then I begin to shake my head and my fist and the little snood.