Crazy Excuse!

As a PE teacher I am always getting students with a variety of excuses as to why they can't participate in PE.  Now normally it's the usual stuff, headache, stomach ache, broke my arm, etc.  However, once in awhile I get some excuse that just crack me up.

Here is one that got me laughing to myself:

"Mr. PE, my mom said I can't run today because I "caught" asthma!"  For those that don't know you can't catch asthma.  The kid made it sound like something he just caught like a cold or the flu or something.

 I had to laugh a little inside, but made sure to set the poor kid straight and explain to him that he could still participate, but just to learn to manage the asthma through proper breathing.

It amazes me how many kids today are being diagnosed with asthma, and the most sad thing to me is that they think and the parents think they can't do any sort of physical activity because of it.