Karla Flores

This story is rather interesting because I have never heard most of these excuses. I, myself have used one of the excuses which was the “family emergency” but the other ones seem like a classic. The categories that Segal identifies in the story were: the family, the best friend, the evils of dorm life, the evils of technology, and the totally bizarre. Each type of category has it’s own type of excuse and it seems all very true unless you have heard them over and over like a teacher would.
Some of the excuses were rather exaggerated because we know that people wouldn’t really lie about having their grandfather/grandmother die just to get out of a deadline. Family excuses are usually the most believable ones and the least believable would probably the most bizarre ones. Although the bizarre excuses don’t seem real, they can be the most legitimate excuse they can have.
The technology problems are the most technical problems because most computers or any electronic device are not perfect and they do have bugs on them. It’s harder to work with technology these days but most of the time it’s very useful and very easy. We just need to find the best type of technology to use and a warranty to back it up. Dorm life is not as believable as the rest of the excuses because they are the most common excuse used by college students these days. The excuses Segal stated on this paper seemed more exaggerated than usual and should be looked into more carefully.