This year though, just like the excuses I used to give for failing to do my homework at school, I simply haven't had time to do enough practice runs.

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In order to counter this inevitability, I gave them all some homework to do at the end of my talk.

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"My dad wasn't one to do homework with me, to help with school projects, " he says by phone from his home in Puerto Rico.

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If you do, you can offer your dog-ate-my-homework excuse then .

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Was my mind wandering that day, thinking about an upcoming exam or how much homework I had to do that evening?

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