President Obama Writes Fifth Grader's Excuse Note

Jun 3, 2012

ABC News’ Nick Schifrin reports: For as long as there have been teachers, students have had excuses: my dog ate my homework, my computer crashed, I had food poisoning. But 11-year-old Tyler Sullivan of Minnesota isn’t one to make excuses. He’s a good kid. “If... full story

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