The age-old excuse "a dog ate my homework" really came true, or so claimed one unfortunate teacher. Getty Images/iStockphoto Would you look at that: The dog really did eat their homework. A teacher ...

I've known children who frittered away their time and told the teacher that the dog ate their homework. Any teacher or parent would know that the dog was not the problem, but rather that the child did ...

“The dog ate my homework” is a common refrain of school children throughout the ages. Well, there is an adult version of that scenario, such as in this case, where an employer tries to blame its ...

As a college professor for 30 years, I’m no stranger to the range of excuses that students provide for missed work or poor performances. But in the past year, a new phenomenon has emerged in relation ...