Dive Summary: 

• John Curry, an applied computing lecturer at City of Bath College, has revealed some of the most extraordinary excuses made by his students over the last 14 years.
• Students made unbelievable, yet legitimate excuses including being declared legally dead, held as spy by Chinese authorities and unable to fly back to the country as the airport was under attack.
• The teacher noted that only once has someone told him 'I have not done the work'.

From the article:  

Ghosts, erupting volcanoes and the outbreak of civil war are some of the stranger excuses offered by students who failed to submit work on time. ...