Everyone around here has been sick off and on for more than a month, close to 2 months. My husband finally got whatever it is (I'm guessing flu), and today is running a mild fever. He went to school anyway, but when he got home, he complained of feeling nauseous and lightheaded while driving and while in class. Tomorrow, he has a calculus midterm. He is really worried that he'll do poorly on the test because he is at the worst part of this illness. i told him to stay home, and take the test next week.
he claims he can't, something about pro-school and missing day, but I looked it up and it's BS. Pro-school only goes off your GPA, not attendance, so he can miss a day. He SHOULD miss a day especially if it means he will likely improve his test score!
One of the reasons 75% of the people I know are sick is because a lot of parents send their kids to school sick. And I don't mean the later half, where you have a runny nose but aren't contageous, I mean running a fever, throwing up in the hallway sick.
Anyway, I'm having a hard time feeling sympathetic if he refuses to take the day off and then gets a bad test score. Any ideas on what I can say, or how to convince him to stay home? Or should I just let him do whatever he wants, even when it is clearly stupid?