15 Believable Excuses for Skipping Class in Middle School
The school year has never looked more challenging, with Zoom lessons and all, but we still need 15 believable excuses for skipping class in middle school! Students are students, at home or in classrooms, and we all need a break sometimes. Click to skip ahead and jump to the 5 believable excuses for skipping class in middle school.
This time we’re not focusing on 12 good excuses for missing class to tell your parents, but only to the teachers. As a matter of fact, Mum and Dad can give a helping hand with some good excuses to miss a presentation or class, if they want to!
But first, let’s see what the year behind us has been. Judging by the latest figures, it was a tough one mentally, physically, and financially too. The US government set aside an amazing $912 billion as a Covid relief package with $82 billion going to the education section. Yet, some say the aid package has come way too late.
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As for students themselves, proper education levels are very questionable this year. Overall, 56 million school-aged children between the ages of 5 and 17 were facing a lot more than usual. The pressure to get higher grades and excel (or maybe not get expelled), the everyday obligations and fair projects, all of these were added a huge burden that even the adult graduates were unprepared for — Covid19.
Who is going to school, who’s staying home, what do you need for a Zoom lesson, can one eat and attend a class, and should masks be worn at all times at school — that’s a whole lot of questions. Surely, one deserves a break! Now, how to get it? Well, that’s where good excuses for missing school come in! In order to find out, we’ve turned to DocFormats, The Current, and Student Assembly. Mind you, we didn’t shy away from checking with the school itself what kind of excuse is acceptable, so we checked what Stillwater Schools have to say about it. That’s why we can vouch these will be believable excuses for getting caught skipping class. So, you’re going to beat them with their own weapon!
Finally, we thought about checking out College Magazine. Yes, these are middle school excuses for absence, not college excuses, but we have to say they made some valuable points that had are perfectly applicable with middle school goers. Admittedly, they certainly have experience and remember which excuses work and which don’t. Now, about the ranking. It was tough, but we tried to rank them in the order of how feasible they are. The easier to do it, the better. The less props or people you need to involve, the higher it went on our list.
So, check our 15 believable excuses for skipping class in middle school out and get ready to (finally) chill!
15. I got lost.
Truth be told, this one cannot fail if you are a new student. Use the card while you still have it — you won’t be really able to get excused with this one after a month of regularly coming to classes.
Taking the wrong bus, taking the wrong turn and the like are believable until a certain time period expires.
14. There was a flood in our street.
This one is really tough as it depends on the weather forecast. Should there be a heavy downpour in your area, which is already known for bad sewer, don’t hesitate! Just use it to the fullest and say you couldn’t cross the street without getting soaked.
Who’s gonna check if every single street in the neighborhood was blocked if the news said there were issues? No one.
13. Our car broke down/got stolen.
If your parents are the ones taking you to school in a city that has insane traffic, this one works like a charm. Just remember, it has to be your parents’ car. You can’t do this if you say you’re carpooling with your classmates that made it to the lesson.
12. We had a competition in our club.
Chances are you’re doing some activities after school, like most of the kids. You don’t even have to say you were competing against someone else. Perhaps you were supposed to get a new belt in karate, or you had some health check-up.
Alternatively, you can say you went to another city to compete. Just remember who won the game when they ask you.
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11. We’re going on a family vacation.
In these crazy times, people choose safe travel to keep their sanity. A cabin in the woods is definitely safe from the virus and far from overcrowded places. Another one in the line of believable excuses for skipping class in middle school, providing you with a free week or at least a free Monday or Friday!
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10. We had a family emergency.
Now, this one can go a long way. There’s always the funeral card, when you say one of the older relatives suddenly passed away. Nevertheless, you needn’t go that far. You could say your grandpa had a heart attack, or somebody broke a leg, or maybe even got lost if they’re senile.
Also, there is probably some situation that occurred and messed up all your plans on going out, so you may pick that one up as well from your experience.
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9. I had to go to the dentist.
An old one, but a good one. A classic in good excuses for skipping online class. This happens on a regular basis, so why wouldn’t it be used for skipping class? It can be a regular check-up, or you can say that you had a really bad toothache after dinner the previous day.
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8. My baby brother/sister needed help with their Zoom.
You need more excuses to skip Zoom class? Use this one, or something similar. You can always say you were babysitting as well and your sibling made a serious mischief, e.g. flooded the kitchen. Yes, Zoom gives you lots of chances to weasel your way out as long as you are imaginative, or you keep reading our pages.
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7. My allergy broke out.
Oh, this one is simply beautiful. If you have had some issues in the past, you’ll know well enough how to fake it. If you have never had an allergy before, no worries. No one knows when it can break out in one’s life. So, pick some easy symptoms such as coughing and sneezing, a runny nose, or the like. You could go for nuts allergies, but it’s hard to imitate swelling and you may be asked why you didn’t get a doctor’s report.
6. I got tested for Covid-19.
These days, it’s only too easy to get out of class as you can get tested several times, be negative, yet it doesn’t matter. It’s that one positive that counts. No arguments against this either. If they ask for the health report, that may be tricky. However, how often a piece of paper gets lost? Plenty.
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