On my second day as an elementary school teacher, I received this note from a parent, in lieu of her son’s homework:
“Avromi has worked for about 30 min very diligently and with enthusiasm! We are all very happy about it. Unfortunately he couldn’t find a pencil.”
From a first grader, arriving home spitting mad after overhearing teachers discussing their paychecks:
“The teachers get PAID! But it’s us kids doing all the WORK and all we get are LOUSY STICKERS!” “
An earnest high school student explains why he could not have done his homework:
“The Walgreen’s burned down.”
Here’s a refreshing variation on an old classic, from a third-grader in Massachusetts:
“The rabbit ate my homework.”
