DD missed a cooking lesson so has to do it at home?

[EdwiniasRevenge]

Last week DD was ill, had the day off school. First one this term. She probably averages 1-2 days off per academic year and only when genuinly ill. She had been up all night with fever and still had a fever that morning (38+).

She was due to bake lemon biscuits in her food class. Yr9, not an examined course. In fact it is an 'option' not a compulsory subject.

Today she has been told that because she missed the cooking session last week she must bake the dish at home (biscuits) and take a photograph with a name label shown in the picture. What is the teacher going to gain from this? What is dd going to gain from this?

Now - if it was an academic subject I would feel there was some justification for catching up on the missed class content. But to complete a practical she missed?

She cooks competently at home -bolognese/chilli/soup/cakes/biscuits all from scratch and with minimal input from me.

AIBU to think that this task is unnecessary?
AIBU to politely email the teacher and explain that I feel this is unecessary.

[rosdearg]

oh sorry, promised you 2 points and you got 4 more for free. lucky you. don't go and spend them on fags and coke will you. save them up to make school biscuits

[Cooki3Monst3r]

If you took the day off work, because you were ill, your urgent work would be covered by your colleagues and anything else would fit in to your working hours once you were back.

You wouldn't be expected to make up your hours off sick at home.

I would be inclined to politely tell the teacher to f**k off.

Or, alternatively, completely ignore the request and tell DD if she's asked for the lemon biscuits she should tell the teacher that, due to limited time resources she's had to prioritise her work and that unfortunately the lemon biscuits are at the bottom of the list.

This is assuming your daughter doesn't actually want to make the biscuits?

[Mehitabel6]

Alternively, since this is a year 9 pupil, you can leave it to her to sort out the way she sees fit.

[GatoradeMeBitch]

Oh, definitely make the kind you like! The school WBTU to insist you had to use a certain kind of citrus! If you want the school to think they are lemon instead of orange just use a pale filter on the pic.