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Local blogger and teacher MamaTried is a lot nicer about this than many educators might be:
A student emailed me that she would be late turning in her work this week because her father-in-law died. I sent my ’standard’ reply something along the lines of ‘I’m sorry for your loss as I know how difficult it is losing someone you care about’ and then explained that I would allow her to make-up her work and gave her the time schedule for submission. I have a pretty strict ‘no make-up’ policy for timed quizzes but I always give students one ‘free pass’ per semester regardless of the reason. The student responded with a thank-you email saying she was really upset about her grandfather passing and she was glad it wouldn’t affect her grade. Now, I know it is east TN and technically her father-in-law could be her grandfather but I think she just got mixed up on her story which amuses me.
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If I were the teacher, I’d bust the student on her “excuse”. Allowing a young person to believe they can lie and scheme their way out of their responsibilities and work is not teaching them anything.