Schoolchildren have long been masters of the excuse: "the dog ate my homework"; "my gym kit was stolen from the washing line"; "my wee brother took the batteries out of my alarm clock" and so on. Tyler Sullivan, however, has excelled. The 11-year-old from Minnesota skipped school for the first time in his life when his father took him to see US President Barack Obama, who was in town for an official visit.
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The excuse factor: Barack's got Tyler
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Schoolchildren have long been masters of the excuse: "the dog ate my homework"; "my gym kit was stolen from the washing line"; "my wee brother took the batteries out of my alarm clock" and so on. Tyler Sullivan, however, has excelled. The 11-year-old from Minnesota skipped school for the first time in his life when his father took him to see US President Barack Obama, who was in town for an official visit.
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