Music teachers are sharing the best excuses their students have given for not practising
14 July 2020, 11:35 | Updated: 14 July 2020, 11:53
Sometimes, you’ll give absolutely any excuse to your teacher for not practising that week. However far-fetched...
Yesterday, we asked our community on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook: “Music teachers. What’s the best excuse you’ve ever heard from a student who hasn’t practised?”
Here are some of the best responses. Big love to all the music teachers out there who managed to keep a straight face at these honkers.
A 5 year old student once told me we practise again and again and then one day we die and it was all pointless anyway. Young Nietzsche in the making there...
— Maddie Jones (@MadsCreative) July 13, 2020
This fooled me until I got talking to his Dad who confirmed they had a piano this whole time.. 😂
— Keith Stears (@Keith_Stears) July 13, 2020
Wait, they get better...
My clarinet won’t work, even after I put it in the dishwasher.
— Mr. Wichert (@MrWichert) July 14, 2020
A student I've been teaching for just over a year said he forgot to practise because he forgot he had piano lessons
— Audrey Johnson (@AudreyXinyi) July 13, 2020
There are more...
„My little brother didn’t like what I was playing so he threw my flute out of the window.“
— Anna Log (@_Anna_Log) July 13, 2020
"I had to wash my cows." That, so far, is the best one.
— CLHawkBand (@CLHawkBand) July 13, 2020
Animals were a popular alibi...
A trumpet student once told me they couldn’t practice throughout the summer holidays because a mouse had moved in to the trumpet case and subsequently died in the bell of the instrument!
— Mike Poyser (@mikethetuba) July 13, 2020
"I got a new goldfish, it's scared of me playing"
— Helen Varley (@HelenVarlz) July 13, 2020
Also:
"I've been busy practising for the Fortnite olympics so I can win a million pounds!"
Oh come on...
"I wasn't able to practice (for an entire week), because we went to the mall on Saturday."
— David Lane (@DavidMLaneMusic) July 13, 2020
I had a student tell me they couldn’t practise because their oven had broken...🤦🏼♀️
— Rachel ward (@Rach_Ward92) July 13, 2020
Or, you could just give up and blame it on the dog.
It gives my dog a headache.
— Ian (@Ianburton1961) July 13, 2020
The Dog ate my Harp.
— Sid (@Sidneykidney4) July 13, 2020
When a student arrived for their lesson, a wad of garbage appeared from their pocket - apparently music. It became apparent the bottom fourth was missing w/ visible canine teeth marks. I exclaimed (in amusement), "You didn't practice because your dog LITERALLY ate your homework?" https://t.co/GXOk84sO2b
— 🎻 Dr. Phillip W. Serna, Double Bass & Viols 🎻 (@PhillipWSerna) July 13, 2020
Thanks to all the wonderful music teachers out there. Your patience, professionalism and sense of humour are forever appreciated.
