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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The reporter who wrote this article should do his homework before writing articles badmouthing or speculating about my nation, especially when its credibility already hangs in the balance.. what is the point?

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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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