Words to Study By
I've only heard myself make one of these excuses with any kind of regularity this past year (feel free to post your guess), but if you're a student, here's a list of "no sympathy" lines to seriously consider with regard to your studies. Most of this professor's responses are more gracious than mine ("Suck it up.") to myself and my high school students, so I should probably work on that.
(Hat tip to Anne for the link).