<p>Well, if you expect to be out for as long as a week, you should probably have the courtesy to e-mail all of your professors, especially if all of your classes are 12-25 students, as mine are. And, especially if you are expected to present on a topic or if class discussion partly depends on a written contribution that you might not be able to prepare.</p>
<p>I myself was out the past week due to a medical concern. I had e-mailed my professors and my class dean before taking leave. All of the former offered to meet with me this coming week to review material one-on-one and to talk about my condition. The latter offered to make arrangements so that campus life would be as pleasant for me as it was before my upset.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t call that “hand-holding,” I would call it being generous and understanding.</p>