At least she was being honest

This is a new addition for the category “excuses instructors hear”. My colleague Ric reports that he has been approach by a student asking for an alternative for an examination to be given on Wednesday. This request is pre-emptive. It turns out the student will turn 21 on Tuesday and evidently plans on celebrating. Ric, being quite quick witted, asks for proof that the student will be unable to take the exam. The student volunteers that he can check her driver’s license demonstrating the she will in fact have a 21st birthday on Tuesday. The next logical question concerned the certainty that while it was apparent that Tuesday was her 21st birthday, just how would this be proof that Wednesday would not be an appropriate day for an important examination. I am not certain that I understood what was offered as the response to this questions. Ric does report that classmates of the student in question did report that the predicted state of incapability was in fact highly probable.