Some of my high school teachers did remind me that I had an excellent imagination when it came to making up excuses.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I do not believe in excuses. I believe in hard work as the prime solvent of life's problems.
Students never think it can be the teacher's fault and so I thought I was stupid. I was frustrated and would come home and cry because I couldn't do it. Then we got a new teacher who made math accessible. That made all the difference and I learned that it's how you present it that makes it scary or friendly.
Several excuses are always less convincing than one.
Oh, mercy, I think we're all storytellers, you know. You think of the excuses you told your parents for why you got home late. I just never gave it up.
I remember, in my senior year, one of my teachers taking me aside and saying: 'You look really tired.' This was when I was being a bad kid and she knew that something was wrong.
I noticed that when it came time to improvise, my students would often make mistakes.
I remember teachers who really singled me out for their discouragement.
I say, 'You can never use excuses because they always run out.'
I was a daydreamer. Teachers kept telling me to pay attention.
When I was younger, I was always taught not to make excuses.