Sick Notes

[Tarquin Farquart]

Is there any significance that these were supposedly written by parents in Tennessee?

These are real notes written by parents in a Tennessee school district...(spellings have been left intact.)

1. My son is under a doctor's care and should not take PE today. Please execute him.

2. Please exkuce lisa for being absent she was sick and i had her shot.

3. Dear school: please ecsc's john being absent on jan. 28, 29, 30, 31, 32 and also 33.

4. Please excuse gloria from jim today. She is administrating.

5. Please excuse roland from p.e. for a few days. Yesterday he fell out of a tree and misplaced his hip.

6. John has been absent because he had two teeth taken out of his face.

7. Carlos was absent yesterday because he was playing football. He was hurt in the growing part.

8. Megan could not come to school today because she has been bothered by very close veins.

9. Chris will not be in school cus he has an acre in his side.

10. Please excuse ray friday from school. He has very loose vowels.

11. Please excuse pedro from being absent yesterday. He had (diahre, dyrea, direathe), the sh**s. [note: words in ( )'s were crossed out] .

12. Please excuse tommy for being absent yesterday. He had diarrhea, and his boots leak.

13. Irving was absent yesterday because he missed his bust.

14. Please excuse jimmy for being.It was his father's fault.

15. I kept billie home because she had to go christmas shopping because i don't know what size she wear.

16. Please excuse jennifer fo! R missing school yesterday. We
forgot to get the sunday paper off the porch, and when we found it monday. We thought it was sunday.

17. Sally won't be in school a week from friday. We have to attend her funeral.

18. My daughter was absent yesterday because she was tired. She spent a weekend with the marines.

19. Ple ase excuse jason for being absent yesterday. He had a cold and could not breed well.

20. Please excuse mary for being absent yesterday. She was in bed with gramps.

21. Gloria was absent yesterday as she was having a gangover.

22. Please excuse brenda. She has been sick and under the doctor.

23. Maryann was absent december 11-16, because she had a fever,sore throat, headache and upset stomach. Her sister was also sick,fever an sore throat, her brother had a low grade fever and ached all over. I wasn't the best either, sore throat and fever. There must be something going around, her father even got hot last night.

Now we know why parents are screaming for better education for our kids!

[Cestrian]

Now we know why parents are screaming for better education for our kids!

Remedial education for parents would be of more use.
It's odd that all names and proper nouns except for those at the beginning of sentences are in lower case.

[Eddylizard]

I went to a parents evening with my daughter once. The teacher accused her of truancy, and as proof produced a sick note. The sick note, he claimed was obviously forged, and as proof he reeled of a list of grammatical errors.

When he had finished his tirade, I thanked him for marking the note I'd written.

Maybe this belongs in embarrassing moments.

(In my defence I did write the note somewhat quickly in early morning groggy mode whilst trying to iron two sets of uniform, prepare two breakfasts and two packed lunches and wake two surly children.))

[llewtrah]

Originally Posted by Eddylizard

I went to a parents evening with my daughter once. The teacher accused her of truancy, and as proof produced a sick note. The sick note, he claimed was obviously forged, and as proof he reeled of a list of grammatical errors.

When he had finished his tirade, I thanked him for marking the note I'd written.

Maybe this belongs in embarrassing moments.

(In my defence I did write the note somewhat quickly in early morning groggy mode whilst trying to iron two sets of uniform, prepare two breakfasts and two packed lunches and wake two surly children.))

Teachers had to resort to a dictionary or medical dictionary when faced with my mother's sick notes. She's not a doctor - she's a crossword fan!

Originally Posted by llewtrah

Teachers had to resort to a dictionary or medical dictionary when faced with my mother's sick notes. She's not a doctor - she's a crossword fan!

My mother would do this too. She was a RN and also took about 6 semesters of Latin in high school and college. She would write out these 8 mile long phrases for simple illnesses like head cold or stomach flu. I think she just like to mess with the teachers.

[annabohly]

Originally Posted by Eddylizard

I went to a parents evening with my daughter once. The teacher accused her of truancy, and as proof produced a sick note. The sick note, he claimed was obviously forged, and as proof he reeled of a list of grammatical errors.

When he had finished his tirade, I thanked him for marking the note I'd written.

Maybe this belongs in embarrassing moments.

(In my defence I did write the note somewhat quickly in early morning groggy mode whilst trying to iron two sets of uniform, prepare two breakfasts and two packed lunches and wake two surly children.))

Everytime I have to write a note to my DK's teachers, I always am afraid I will make some sort od punctuation or grammer error.

[Tarquin Farquart]

Originally Posted by Eddylizard

The sick note, he claimed was obviously forged, and as proof he reeled of a list of grammatical errors.

"reeled of a list"???

Sorry, I couldn't resist it.

[Eddylizard]

Originally Posted by Tarquin Farquart

"reeled of a list"???

Sorry, I couldn't resist it.

I was just illustrating my point. :o

[Squishy0405]

An old email I have has these differences:

Following are supposedly REAL notes written by PARENTS in a Florida
School district. (Spellings have been left intact.)

11. My daughater was absent yesterday because she was tired. She spent a weekend with the Marines.
(Don't you just love that one?) <<~mine has that lil comment

And... The undisputed winner: ((mine has this difference too))

17. Please excuse Jennifer for missing school yesterday. We forgot to get the Sunday paper off the porch, and when we found it Monday, we thought it was Sunday.

[Tootsie Plunkette]

Excuse-a-chow

[amorrison50]

I always got a kick out of the things people would put on their health history questionnaires when I worked in insurance. My two favorites were the guy who took "Prilosex" for his heartburn and the lady who'd had a "tubal litigation". I am not sure what court would oversee something like that.

[Tantei Kid]

My mother never thought a stomachache/sore throat would be accepted by the school so she'd make up really embarrassing stuff like pink eye or diarrhea when she called in.

[lynnejanet]

Awww, this is just one more reason why teaching is no fun anymore. None of the schools I've ever worked at has required sick notes.

11. Please excuse pedro from being absent yesterday. He had (diahre, dyrea, direathe), the sh**s. [note: words in ( )'s were crossed out] .

There was a sign on a farm gate near where I used to live that said "Free (manu menur maner) shit", with the ones in brackets crossed out. Probably done on purpose for comic effect, but certainly real.

[The Goof]

Originally Posted by lynnejanet

Awww, this is just one more reason why teaching is no fun anymore. None of the schools I've ever worked at has required sick notes.

I was just going to mention that we don't do notes for our son, we call it in and that is all they need.