Deception for Fun and Profit, Monday, Period 2

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"We're rapidly coming up on finals," Bond said after greeting the class and tactfully not asking how their weekends had been. "Which means that today I'd like you all to come up with your best, completely fictitious, reasons why we should either not have a final at all, or why you personally should be excused from them. Though in the latter case repeating what a previous classmate has said is ill advised."