I have a note...

Class today: before I kick things off, a student approaches me and says " I need to talk to you...privately...outside." Once we're in the hallway, the student says "sorry I missed class the other day, I was in jail." The student proceeds to tell me how the student's stepmother beaned the student on the head with a silver serving platter, then called the cops on the student. I don't want to know any more; with all the police/jail paperwork it is an excused absence as far as I am concerned. And my job is so much more interesting than that job at Burger King that offers similar hourly wages.