Exam Excuse: "I was in the World Championships."

I would have let this person write a make-up exam. From Curling, a blog I maintain along with Alan Adamson,

Last year, Denmark's Jensen had to leave the competition early due to health concerns. Her team battled valiantly without her, losing the final round-robin game to finish 6-5 and one win away from tiebreakers.



This year, another Dane will be departing early. Second Camilla Jensen, Angelina's sister, leaves Friday to write a critical university exam back home. She is now out of the starting lineup with two round-robin matches left to play.



"It's my whole education, so sadly I must go," said Jensen. "So let's go Denmark, let's get those Olympic points."

I realize this was a huge exam at the end of her educational career, unlike the examinations we give our students in North America, even at the end of a year-long course in Canada. But I still would have let her write a make-up exam somehow. Hell, we let people write make-up exams for competitions in every other sport; why not the Women's World Championships in Curling? As it was, Denmark lost to Canada in the first game the team played without her, and then proceeded to lose to last place Italy in the next game Denmark played.



All that having been said, it certainly is nice to learn about a student with so much dedication to her education.