A series of unfortunate events

A student misses a quiz due to illness. Then misses another due to sleeping:

Dr. [name],
i just woke up today, and i know i had my alarm set for early this morning. the last couple nights have been long studying nights for me so i haven't had much sleep and the same was true last night. I am figuring that my roommate turned my alarm off this morning and didn't bother to wake me. This is the third or fourth time this has happened. if i can take the quiz during tomorrows class i would greatly appreciate it. Thanks,
[student name]

Then on the day of the THIRD quiz missed by this student:

Dr. [name],
I have been up late the last few nights studying for my [other class] test today and my [another class] test tomorrow and was in class from 11 till 2:30 today. After my [other class] lab i came back to my dorm and tried to review for the quiz but passed out. I just woke up when my roommate got back from class and woke me up. Thought i would inform you on my situation.
[student name]

Two weeks later, a couple of days before the exam, this:

Dr. [name],
I was wondering if it would be possible at all to postpone my test from this thursday to sometme next week. I have a lot of conflicting things this week and i would appreciate it so much if i could take it next sometime.
Thanks for the consideration, [student name]

Bad luck on test days

This isn't so bad on its face:

hi [prof name] its [student name]. i jutrs wanted to let you know i pulled my hamstring really bad in kinesealogy this morning and i am getting it iced and heated so i wont make it to class. can you please let me know what date the final is and what section we are up to. thank you and i hope your thanksgiving was a good one.

But in context it's a doozy: Apparently the student was not aware that the class they were missing was in fact the day of "Test 3". They had already missed "Test 2" a few weeks earlier:

[prof name],
hi its [student name]. i wanted tot thank you for letting me make up that test and i also wanted to apologize for missing the quiz the next day. im not going to blame my roomate for pulling out the alarm clock to plug in the printer, but thats what happened and you were out of your ofice when i got there after my next class.