to think the teacher would not be off sick today?

[zztown]

as the second day of new school term

(lets see what you lot think)

Well, that depends. Is she ill?

Depends on the reason. Sometime ssickness just can't be helped!

I am no longer teaching in a school but I am in adult (prison) education. This is the first week of the new academic year and I have a sick note lasting all week. Had surgery on Friday - can't help the timing.

These things happen, I bet he/she (the teacher) is sat at home feeling crap that they can't be in

Hardly her fault I would say. Most teachers are very reluctant to be off sick and let their class down so I would imagine she must be really quite ill to have time off in the first week.

Looked well enough yesterday

Must be malingering then, obviously

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Could be any reason. Poor teacher can't even be genuinely ill now. have you never felt okay one day then rubbish the next?

Yeah, but teachers are suckers for punishment... we smile, chat and laugh for the children (and parents) then run to the staff room and faint/throw up/collapse

Perhaps she has had a family emergency

Er... no you're not being unreasonable for thinking (IE assuming) that the teacher would be in today, but it would be unreasonable to expect her to come in if she is ill.

Are you a doctor zztown?

Oh and I looked perfeectly well on Thursday, the day before my surgery. I guess my own students could be thinking the same?

YABU (very)

zztown - it's funny because teachers are bred to be impervious to illness, careless of the feelings of children and basically liars....NOT.

You are an idiot.

YABU!

I wouldn't call you an idiot though

YABU

It si funny how some decide on gender.

Unless you can't drag your sorry arse to work, I think you should turn up.

I am a doctor and he is a lazy arse!

Well how d'you know he can't drag his sorry arse to work?

Are you his doctor? Did he consult you?

Are you his doctor?

Yes and he is, and has a lazy arse

I will be kicking it in future.

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Well I work with children and I have dragged my 'sorry arse' to work many a time when I felt like death warmed up, but let's see, when I had an emergency gynae op, I couldn't, when I lost my voice, I couldn't....

I'm not sure your bedside manner is up to much.

Are you his doctor?

I'm a teacher and I spent today taking my dh for his chemotherapy treatment. I did my best to work it round my classes, but sometimes it doesn't work.

And dh has priority in my book as he is dying.