The doctor's note

Here is the famous doctor's note. Student's name removed to protect his anonymity (stupidity).

To Whom It May Concern,
This document is for _______________ saying that he was in the hospital for an expended period of time. Because of his stay in the hospital, he missed school. He was in the hospital for roughly 5 and a half weeks. He had complications with his breathing because he has asthma and he got sick from the Gas Leak that happened at the University of Utah. Please excuse __________ from what he missed or let him make it up.

Sincerely,

forged signature of doctor

speechless

A student wrote to me to appeal a failing grade in his Spanish class. He had submitted a doctor's note and wanted to know why this hadn't saved him from an 'F'. I'll quote the note in full tomorrow when I have it in front of me, but suffice it to say that it is clearly a forgery. I wrote back to him and said that before we could discuss his case he would need to submit a proper doctor's note, i.e. on letterhead with contact information for the doctor etc.
Two minutes later, I receive and email that says:
"What is letterheaded?"