<p>How sick is too sick to go to class? Not sure if I'm being dramatic and need to get it together and attend class. I have sore throat, headache, fatigue, small fever (and upset stomach, let's leave it at that ewww). I could maybe attend lectures but I'd be very unenjoyable, also I have assignments due early next week so if I were to attend my classes I'd probably have to be studying all day/late at night so I wouldn't be able to rest at all, while if I miss classes I can sleep in and study from mid-afternoon to late night. Does this sound legit? Would you let your child miss 1-2 days of classes if they had those symptoms? I wonder if I'm being really lazy right now or if people actually call in sick when they feel like that.</p>
<p>Once you have a fever you are doing yourself and your classmates no favor by going to class. You are contagious and you are in no condition to pay attention. Please, stay home and get better!!! Think about going to your health center, if you have access to one.</p>
<p>Fever is usually a reason to stay out of class. I think you should go to the health center and then email your profs. You might want to try and make some classes if you don’t feel too bad. Make sure you are getting plenty of rest and lots of fluids</p>
<p>Fever of 100 or more, stay home if you’re missing only a lecture. In all honesty, much as anyone hates to spread disease, if there’s something due, read the class policy on attendance and make-ups before making a decision.</p>
<p>If you are well enough to care for yourself (eat, get dressed, etc.) then I believe you are well enough to go to class.</p>
<p>Since your plan is to skip class so that you will have energy to study, I would suggest that you might be simply looking for an excuse to skip class</p>
<p>Missed class time cannot be made up. You cannot recreate the classroom interactions or ensure that all covered material is included in notes.</p>
<p>Stay in and get well. I wouldn’t want my kid sitting next to you.</p>
<p>Hope you feel better soon!</p>
<p>I am like rmldad. My kids go to school unless their fever is 102, they are throwing up, or they can’t stand up when they get out of bed. Of course, there are exceptions, but in general, I hold to that. It has also helped them make the same decision in college.</p>
<p>A college student who is tired, has a headache, upset stomach, low grade fever, should be paying attention to eating well, getting enough sleep (long stretch, not just naps), cutting out all ECs. Go to class and study.</p>
<p>There is a very contagious stomach bug going around. If you have that- stay home!</p>
<p>Can anyone record the lecture for you? My vote is CALL health center to document absence and make sure they want to see you before showing up. Sometimes, they dont want you spreading it around there…especially if you are vomiting… REST up… sleep and keep hydrated… flat gingerale is my beverage of choice. Be well.</p>
<p>@dentmom4… how do you get away with sending them to school with a fever? Our schools send them right back home if fever is higher than 99. When I taught preschool and the mommies would try to send those babies in sick, we would always ask what color medicine mommy gave them before they came to school. If they said pink, that usually meant mom tried to drug them up with Tylenol so they could take them to school and cover up a fever. HA!</p>
<p>If you’re asking if you’re being dramatic, then you’re being dramatic.
I’m going to be contrary to most posters who say stay home with some caveats.
I’m hoping you don’t get anybody else sick and if you’re in that condition you probably need to stay home.
BUT. I never wanted to miss classes/exams that impacted my grades or schedule. I dragged myself to a lot of classes that maybe I should have missed when sick (yeah, I sat in the back away from everybody). I didn’t miss exams that needed major make-up time. I didn’t miss classes that some dear friend couldn’t cover for me with great notes.
It’s changed these days since so much is available on-line (I hope). But back then… yeah, it was “suck it up and get on with it”.</p>
<p>I would not want anyone sending their child to school with a fever of 101…I do not send sick children and would hope that others would not as well. It does not help either the sick child or their classmates.</p>
<p>Just wondering if Ordinary Lives goes to work work or does housework and prepares meals a fever of 101. I’ve dragged myself to work with various illnesses, but a 101 degree fever would make me incapable of concentrating (that is, if I could even sit up) and involve a high risk of bringing some nasty and possibly serious illness to my co-workers. What a wrongheaded approach to sick kids! Any school administrator or pediatrician would agree with me.</p>
<p>Arrow03, only you can decide if going to class is the right decision. You’ll have to make these kinds of calls all through life and won’t be able to take a poll each time. It’s called using your best judgment. Start now.</p>
<p>Stay home until your fever is gone. You’re contagious right now.</p>
<p>I hope you are getting some rest and will be better soon. I am sending virtual chicken soup and hope it worked out for you with whatever you decided… Anyone conscientious enough to seek advice at CC when not feeling well, is a good egg in my book!</p>
<p>Our hs nurse sent DS back to class after he threw up in a classroom trash can. He didn’t have high enough fever to go home. It turned out to be flu (maybe Type A influenza?), the first case in our local clinic that year.</p>
<p>I vote stay at home. Why risk the child getting sicker or just as important getting other children sick. Typically a child gets a good number of absences a semester. I want to say nearly 10, but maybe not quite that many. Anyway certainly enough to take a couple of days for the onset of a cold or flu.</p>
<p>If you have a fever over 100, you are throwing up, or have diarrhea, do not go to class. Otherwise, take some Advil and go. Generally, if you have the energy to initiate a debate on a discussion forum about whether you’re well enough to go to school/work, you’re well enough to sit for an hour and fifteen minutes in class. If you’re not well enough, you wouldn’t be on here.</p>
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<p>OP, please don’t listen to this piece of advice. If someone missed my class 10 times during the semester, he would be lucky to pass.</p>
<p>OP, the symptoms you are describing (sore throat, mild fever, headache, tired, achy, stomach issues) are all the symptoms of the flu. I have students who came to school sick, and then spread it to me and other students, thanks to parents like dentmom4 who don’t care about anyone else getting sick and missing school, work, etc. I also have students and relatives who had no fever at all , but were found to have strep throat (very serious if left untreated) and pneumonia! You are wiser to miss class, and contact classmates to tell you what you missed, give you notes via email, or whatever instead of getting others sick. I once had a professor who said “Look, you are in college. It’s time for you to determine what needs to take priority. You may have a paper due that is more important than sitting in class, or you may feel like ***** and need to stay in bed. Welcome to adulthood.” (My college did not have a formal attendance policy - it was up to each professor to determine the expectations for each class.)
Eat chicken soup, sleep, and read/study when you are awake.</p>
<p>Our family rule of thumb is, vomiting and/or fever = stay in bed.</p>
<p>That said, I’m sure I went to class with a fever a few times if it was an important class. Wash your hands a lot to avoid spreading/catching germs and stay warm, dry, and hydrated. Feel better soon!</p>
<p>granipc - very funny comment!</p>