My Mum Want Let Me Have The Day Off School And I Feel Sick And My Mum Is Still Sending Me To School

Mums making me go to school when im sick?

ive had all week off, and i still feel pretty bad with the flu. Tomorrows friday so i expected to get it off but my mum has my uniform layed out and she has just told me i have to go to school tomorrow. I cried and said i felt awful (which i do) and she said i was still going. I have done none of the assigned homework as i have been so sick so im going to get murdered, and i don't know how i will manage through the day because i feel so terrible. My mum also has the flu and is showing no sympathy whatsoever.To make matters worse its 2am where i live and i cant sleep because i feel so sick.
what can i do? the school nurses dont send you home at my school by the way.

Mom won't let me take a day off school.?

Yes and no.
She is over reacting a bit, but her concerns are genuine and well founded.

The economy is not doing well and jobs are even more difficult to get. Without a good education, and a college degree, your chance of getting a job with a good pay will be very limited.

Getting into a good college is difficult. If you slack of even a little in school, your grade might slip and you might not get into a college of your liking. And trust me, in college you will be even more independent and since there won't be any mom to tell you to stop slacking, you WILL slack. So in a way, your mom is trying to help you develop discipline.

You sound very smart for you age, and it is quite decent of you to try and understand your mom's point of view. Taking a day off or two once a year isn't that big a deal. But realize that your mom is acting out of concern for you. Maybe she wants to make sure that you have a perfect attendance record so that it looks good when you apply for college (yes, that helps!).

You can also try telling her that you understand her concern that she is afraid you might become a lazy slacker which could affect your grade. Promise her that you won't let your grade slip.

Finally, you should analyze why you do want to take a day or two off. To be honest, I do think you feel overworked. Perhaps you should discuss that as well with your mom.

Parents always make me go to school sick?

I had parents (or rather, my mother) was EXACTLY the same as your mother.

She made me go to school even when I was throwing my guts up, or had fever (which thankfully, was rare).

She once told me:

"The only way I would ever let you miss a day of school, was if both of your arms and legs were chopped off!"

Yeah, she was a bit phsycho - but I (hope?) think she was joking when she said that.

It turns out that in her school days, her parents had never cared whether she actually went to school or not. My mother was a notorious 'school skipper' back in her day - and hardly ever went to school.

Because of her low attendance record, she almost failed school, and wasnt able to attend university (which hurt her deep down very much, as she is a very bright woman and could have made so much more out of her life). She spent most of her career as a receptionist - which can be a very boring and monotonous job at times. She did eventually finish school and graduate from university as a professor of English literature (believe it or not) in her early 50's.

I presume your mother is trying to save you from ending up in a low paying job that you won't really like and will never get promoted from. It might not seem THAT important to you now, but when you've started work, you'll understand exactly why your mother kept pushing you to go to school.

Remember, school only lasts for a few years - but you will spend most of your life in the work force.

Is going to school sick for a few days of the year really that bad, compared to spending decades in a low-paying job, being barely able to support your future family and being unhappy? You need to ask youself that.

I'm not saying that it is right, sending a child to school if they are truly sick, but your mother does have the best intentions for you at heart, I am sure.

I would personally sit your mother down over a cup of nice hot cocoa or coffee one evening, and explain to her that you understand her motives for sending you to school when you are sick, and thank her for thinking so much about your future (even if you dont really mean it at the time). After praising her, tell her how you feel, and what plans you may have to catch up on the homework and information you missed during your day off from school while you were sick.

Good luck!

I'm sick... But my parents won't let me stay home from school!?

I swear to god, I am sick. I went to the doctor today, and the doctor offered to give me a medical certificate so I could stay home but my mother refused! I have some virus that is going around and it makes it difficult to swallow and my nose is running! I asked my parents if I could stay home but they said no! I'm feeling even worse, I'm burning and my nose is blocked. My parents told me to do my homework (I'm doing it right now) but my head hurts.. I can't really explain it but it feels like someone is knocking the walls of my head. My mum even yelled at me.. I really want to stay home, I took the antibiotics the doctor prescribed me and took a strepsil but nothing is working. I really want to stay home. I am not falling behind on school work, in fact, I am one of the best students in my class! Why won't they let me stay home and how can I convince them to let me go. I know my school is expensive but I don't care. I can't even concentrate like this. I also have PE tomorrow! Please help me!!

I'm really sick; and my mom won't let me stay home from school?

I stayed home yesterday from school, and I'm still really sick today. I have a horrible sore throat, headache, nausated, and nooo energy. I slept for half the day yesterday and almost all day sunday and saturday.. because I wasn't feelling good and I couldn't stay awake. I've been up since 2 o clock in the morning just laying there in pain and It's now 5:48 am and I have to leave for school in an hour. But she already told me I'm not staying home. She said I don't have a fever so I'm fine.. yet I'm not fine, at all.

PS- when my brother is "sick" she's all over him like flies on horse **** and is babying him, yet he's 6 years older than me.

any advice?...thanks....

Mom is making me go to school when im really sick and have had no sleep?

im 14 years old, and i got sent home on monday afternoon from school for having a virus. Yesterday the virus started getting a bit better so i began eating, my mom automatically said this meant i could attend school the next day (which is now today, as it is 7.55am where i live) i didn't take her seriously as i still felt ill. and last night i had a terrible night, coughing and sneezing all night so when i settled down to get some sleep at 7am my mom called me to get up for school. Now im in my school clothes and were leaving soon. What can i do? i cant get sent home again as the school is strict on stuff like that. My mom thinks im fine and is treating me as she normally would even though i have said i feel ill.

thank you for any answers in advance, but please be quick.

My mom won't let me miss school and I don't feel good at all?

Basically, I can't miss school unless I have a fever of 100+. My older sister, a straight A high school student, always said you can't ever miss a day of high school because you'll get so far behind. I found that untrue. But my mom believes her still.

The thing is, I rarely get fevers. The last fever I had was in 6th grade and I am now a junior. I have missed 4 days of school since then, 1 for a death, and 3 for being in hte hospital when I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes.

I got a cold early in the winter season and still had to go to school and I felt horrible. I caught another bad cold and today at school was one of the worst ever because of it. I got around 4.5 hours of sleep last night, woke up with a bloody nose somehow, and my blood sugars have been crazy, which happens when you are sick. But I have no fever so I have to go to school.

How can I convince my mom to let me stay home tomorrow? I am not getting any better by barely getting enough sleep, I'm probably getting worse. She thinks I am trying to skip or something but I felt terrible. I have talked to her about it, but she just says you have to deal with it. Of course, she doesn't know how I feel because it's not fun going to school on 4.5 hours of sleep when you aren't feelign well.