OC HIGH: STUDENT NEWS AND VIEWS : OC High asks: What’s the best excuse you’ve ever given your parents when you’ve been in trouble?

“ You did it when you were a kid, so why can’t I?”

Ethan Wells, 16

sophomore, Newport Harbor

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“I got a ticket for speeding, and I told my parents the reason I was going so fast was because I had a foot spasm that caused me to push my foot down on the accelerator.”

Brad Thomas, 17

senior, Irvine

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“According to my watch, I wasn’t an hour late.”

Ryan Shipley, 16

junior, Trabuco Hills

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“I have no good excuses.”

David Rice, 15

sophomore, Los Amigos

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“Once I was out after curfew, and I got caught by the cops. After they called home and I was picked up, I told my parents that I (had been) hungry, and instead of going upstairs and waking them up by creaking the stairs, I (went out) to buy some food.”

Blake Cecil, 17

senior, Cypress

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“I didn’t do it.”

Erik Hernandez, 15

freshman, Santiago

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“The best excuse would have to be when ‘the car broke down and there weren’t any phones around to call.’ That’s the only one that ever worked. My parents don’t go for excuses.”

Dawn Hyepock, 15

sophomore, Westminster

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“I got lost.”

Julie Quang, 18

senior, Valencia

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“I was an hour past curfew on a weekday, and I told my parents I was applying for a job because I wanted to save them money.”

Brian Morales, 14

freshman, Mission Viejo

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“I was abducted by aliens.”

Jeremy Spencer, 16

junior, Brea Olinda

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“I don’t really give excuses. I say I’m sorry many times, and then, after my mom cools down, we try to talk it out. Sometimes in life there are no excuses to save you.”

Nicholle Lyall, 17

junior, Villa Park

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“I blame it on my brother.”

Mike Marriner, 17

senior, Laguna Beach

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“If I come home late, I say that they never told me what time to come home. . . . I ended up getting a curfew, but it worked a couple of times.”

Josephine Gortarez, 15

freshman, Westminster

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“I tell them it was my teacher’s fault because she’s crazy or something.”

Andrew Quinones, 14

freshman, Troy

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“I was not using my head. I made the choice on the spur of the moment.”

Alisha Santana, 14

freshman, Sonora

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“It was like that when I got here.”

Bjorn Von Arx, 17

junior, Saddleback

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“Extraterrestrials made me do it.”

Mark Haney, 15

freshman, Huntington Beach

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“I wasn’t home by midnight, so I said that there was heavy traffic on the road.”

Lonnie Harris, 15

junior, Irvine

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“I fell asleep.”

Amanda Podurgiel, 17

senior, Fountain Valley

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“It ain’t my fault.”

Kyle Young, 16

junior, Trabuco Hills

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“I spoke really fast and told them I was late because I went to Venus and had no way home.”

Amber Smalley, 15

sophomore, Loara

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“I said that there was traffic.”

Caroline Song, 16

junior, Capistrano Valley

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“I told my parents the car stalled.”

Jennifer Morales, 17

senior, Santiago

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“I had to stay after school in the library to do my projects.”

Mai Ly, 15

sophomore, Los Amigos

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“My dad found a hickey on my neck, and I told him that . . . my shirt rubbed against my skin to give me a bruise.”

Anonymous, 15

sophomore, Mission Viejo

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“I wouldn’t tell you, because if I did, it wouldn’t work again.”

Anonymous, 16

junior, Loara