My dog ate my homework book

The dog ate my homework" is an english expression purported to be a favorite excuse made by schoolchildren explaining their failure to turn in an assignment on time. The claim of a dog eating one's homework is inherently suspect since it is both impossible for a teacher to disprove and conveniently absolves the student who gives that excuse of any blame. The first use of the phrase recorded by the oxford english dictionary was in 1929, in an essay in the british newspaper the guardian: "it is a long time since i have had the excuse about the dog tearing up the arithmetic homework. In a section written as drama early in the book, one student refers to "a terrible tragedy ... 7] two years later eugene kennedy described richard nixon as "working on the greatest american excuse since 'the dog ate my homework'" in the watergate tapes,[8] and the following year john r. 9] lexicographer barry popik, who called it "the classic lame excuse that a student makes to a teacher to cover for missing homework", found citations in print increasing from 1976.

This provided them with another possible excuse for missing homework, in the form of computer malfunctions. In a 1987 article on this phenomenon, one teacher recalled to the new york times that once a student had given him a note signed by a parent saying that the dog had eaten his homework. 11] the following year president ronald reagan lamented congress's apparent failure to pass that year's federal budget on time, "i had hoped that we had marked the end of the 'dog-ate-my-homework' era of congressional budgetry", he told reporters on canceling a planned news conference to sign the bills, "but it was not to be". In a 1991 episode, a difficult day for bart begins with santa's little helper, the family dog, eating his homework. 16] in a later episode, when the dog goes to work for the police, bart must eat his own homework for the excuse to work. Krabappel begins dating ned flanders, the simpsons' neighbor, at the end of the 2011 season, she sees santa's little helper in the simpsons' yard and asks if he is the dog who has eaten bart's homework so many times.

A sam gross new yorker cartoon from 1996 shows a venetian classroom of several centuries ago where a standing student announces "the doge ate my homework. Strips that feature anthropomorphized dogs as characters have found the concept of those characters eating homework a source of humor. In one of his far side panels, gary larson depicted a classroom of dogs whose teacher asks, "did anyone here not eat his or her homework on the way to school? 20] in a 1991 dilbert strip, a boy on the street asks dogbert to chew on his homework so he can have the excuse; in the last panel the boy, beaten, is shown in class claiming a dog made him eat it. Two have been collections of poetry for students with a school theme,[22][23] and one has been a business book about lessons dogs can teach about accountability. 24] other books for young readers have had titles blaming aliens[25] and the protagonist's teacher[26] for the missing homework.

27] the dog ate my homework is the title of a british comedy/competition show first broadcast in 2014 on cbbc. Retrieved july 3, ries: american english idiomsmemesdog training and logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia out wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this a bookdownload as pdfprintable page was last edited on 18 october 2017, at 20: is available under the creative commons attribution-sharealike license;. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no kindle device get the free app, enter your mobile phone ad to your s 8, 8 rt and modern s 8 desktop, windows 7, xp & instantly in your 1 left in stock - order from and sold by oneline_ on 1-click ordering for this . Collectible from $ these four collections of verse (the dog ate my homework, i never said i wasn't difficult, am i naturally this crazy? Books > children's books > early learning >  books > children's books > literature & fiction >  books > children's books > growing up & facts of life > friendship, social skills & school life > you like to tell us about a lower price? Czajaon december 29, 2010format: paperback|verified purchasei use this book to teach idea and rhythm in poetry to middle schoolers.

They enjoy reading the poems in this book and often select one of these poems for memorization. I like to have students add a stanza or two to one poem they select from this book. The book is just fun to read and more0comment|was this review helpful to you? In west chesteron june 22, 2008format: paperback|verified purchaseprior to reading this book, i was not familiar with sara holbrook's work. The poems in "the dog ate my homework" are written from a child/teenager's point of view. Out of 5 starsone starbyphilon november 4, 2014format: paperback|verified purchasenot a book about dogs eating homework and other excuses.

I have all of her books in my classroom, and have to replace them often because they are stolen: the highest compliment a student can make to a poet. Out of 5 starsa great book for any studentbya customeron january 21, 1999format: paperbacksara holbrook, who is one of my favorite poets, presents a book full of school-related poems, many of them very humorous. Score deals on fashion ks books, art & audiobook publishing made actionable analytics for the business everything for your fresh groceries & more right to your global ship orders services handpicked pros happiness inspire digital educational rapids fun stories for kids on the restaurants food delivery from local video direct video distribution made web services scalable cloud computing e download audio ookstand discount audiobooks on depository books with free delivery office mojo find movie box office logy thousands of digital space indie print publishing made ew digital dane designer men's sewing, quilting & ads book reviews & movies, tv & o get info entertainment professionals direct publishing indie digital publishing made now free 2-hour delivery on everyday photos unlimited photo storage free with p designer fashion use deals open-box rcast discover & distribute digital foods market america’s healthiest grocery tabox submit to film ! Deals and shoes & ibe with amazon discover & try subscription dog ate my this poem 347 votes from the book the biggest burp dog ate my hold of my dog ate my homework. Reading level: grade the book the biggest burp you like to use this poem in your classroom? Plans (individual), homework, math ent and compare numbers to 10 go my dog ate my garten go math chapter 4 ent and compare numbers to r than and less package includes:I can compare story , numbers, other (math).

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