Photography by Lakyn Barton

“Think of five excuses you would use for incomplete homework” The teacher boomed. “Then write it down”

Apparently this was supposed to be a fun assignment, but it wasn’t. It was as boring as it was pointless. But I was a kid, I didn’t really think of why we were told to do it, I didn’t see the point to anything we did; I had learned to just do it.

“And be creative” he continued “no ‘my dog ate it’, think of something unique.”

So it was a creative assignment. I could do that, it was right up my alley. So what excuses could I come up with for not doing homework…I started thinking. (more…)