Presenteeism

[Noir-Okami]

This is about presenteeism, which is when you come to work or school sick enough to affect your productivity, attention, work, ect. What do you think of the matter?

I've been guilty of this, particularly at my school. They have a rule that, if you miss two or more days of school, you must
take semester tests. {I guess you could just ditch, but when it's mandatory, then it counts for 10% of your final grade.}
I'm going to school right now and I'm sick (cold or flu; not sure) and you should hear everyone sniffling and coughing, because there are various strains of colds and a strain of the flu are going around.

Another story is that a friend of mine, Aly, had puked twice before school even started, and she still went to school. She looked like crap for the rest of the day.

People've puked at school, but hidden the fact that they did so, just to avoid the boredom of testing.

This is just sad, considering people feined illness in primary school and cherished sick and "sick" days. Now, they avoid them like the plague.

[Berserker]

I call in sick maybe 4 times a year

[Spongy]

I pretty much cannot afford to call in sick, and will only do so if i cannot get out of bed.

The IB Diploma Programme does not allow one to miss a single day of school.

So therefore, I call in sick as little as possible. Maybe once a year.

[PariahPoet]

I had this one professor who would send you home if you coughed or sniffled in his class. His class was so easy to get out of. All you had to do was get a classmate to give him a note saying you didn't feel well and he would thank you next time for not coming! X3 He was very germaphobic and had multiple delusions and paranoias. He was the coolest professor I ever had. I the weird people!

He swore up and down to us that he used to be a spy and one time he was doing undercover surveillance when the target caught a woman wearing a wire. He said that the guy took a razor blade and swiped her cheek. Apparently some of the blood splattered on my professor who was also in the room because he told us he got so upset with the man for getting blood on his shoes! XD

[outwarddoodles]

I wish our school let us opt-out of semester exam for Good Grades and/or attendance.

Our exams are 20% of our entire semester! One test can basically make or break you.

Otherwise: I hardly ever call in sick -- I can't stand to miss a day of school.

[MoonKit]

I always took too many days off in school...but I usually wasnt sick.

Now, at work, I really cant take off last minute because its a small company and there's really no one to cover.