With students heading back to school this week

With students heading back to school this week The Telegraph asked: “What is the best excuse that you ever gave for ditching class?”

Jessica Woods	“I would ditch ag and say that I had gone to the local livestock auction. It worked every time.”	Karla Twinting
	“My alarm didn’t go off.”

Ted Twinting

“I didn’t realize that it was Monday.”

Dawnmarie Elmore

“True story, I locked my keys in the car while it was running.”

Preston Pitcher	“I would tell my teachers the truth, that I had to go to work, and yet I still got in trouble.”

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