Yanice Yuen Tin-yan, 16, Pui Kiu College: The most creative excuse I heard for being late was when my friend said his dog bit his Octopus card the previous night, so he could not travel to school ...
the Dürer high school in Nuremberg, Germany, has begun charging perennial offenders €5 (US$5.20) if they are constantly late for class without an excuse. When headmaster Reiner Geissdörfer ...