to think that teachers should follow the same rule re; retuning to school after illness?

[ATortIsForLifeNotJustChristmas]

DS2's teacher had to keep leaving the classroom to be sick yesterday and went home once replacement arrived.
She was back at school today.

School rule for the children is 24/48 hrs after last been sick.

Shouldn't that apply to teachers too? I am now worrying what ds2 might of picked up from her.(emetophobe!)
Wouldn't of thought she would really feel upto teaching today either!

And you think we teachers like sick?

Of course i don't. What a stupid question!

If a child comes in to school unwell, the chances are they will vomit all over the classroom floor. And guess who, invariably, has to clear that up? And pick up the germs in the meantime.

Hang on, hang on, everyone calm down a minute! NOBODY is having a go at teachers here, Tort is just making the point that our children are asked to saty away to prevent sickness spreading. apparently teachers are not allowed to, and I agree with her that this is potentially ver counterproductive. Perhaps in the case of the entire staff being 'wiped out' by it, it could be argued that they might not have all caught it if the ones who had it initially were allowed to stay off an appropriate amount of time - surely our children's 48hr rule is for a good reason? And not just because they are less able to control their vomiting?

I think everyone needs to calm down, because fundamentally we are all on the same side - nobody wants to be ill, and nobody thinks teachers should work if they are sick. It is the system which is at fault in this instance.

Typed with one finger so please forgive any errors

I had 2 days off recently with this winter vomiting thing - most of it spent, in between puking, fainting & generally wishing for death, looking after my two toddlers who had it too & were consequently off from CM.

I went back as soon as I could drag myself, to find Head of Dept doing his 'not had a day off since primary school...all in the mind...' routine re: my colleague who'd just gone home with it. I almost certainly gave it to her.

THEN both CM & MIL (our emergency back up) succumbed & dh had to take time off to look after the kids - because my that point my dept was down to me & the HOD. Who had it, was throwing up between every lesson, but flatly refused to go home.

TwinklyflightAttendant et al are dead right. I can promise you all, I wasn't staggering through work for the fun of it! (Apart from anything, I'm 28 weeks pg & about on my knees anyway).

The culture teachers work in is one of 'If you aren't actually projectile vomiting over the kids, you get on with it'. It is entirely counterproductive.

Adults understand how to wash their hands thoroughly and observe good hygiene so should be very unlikely to pass on a sick bug. Little children can't stop touching each other, sticking fingers in their mouths, touch again, etc. I wouldn't worry about an teacher passing on a bug, kids are totally different.

Some sympathy from me too. You can't expect us emetophobes to be rational about this subject

One of my colleagues was sick in the bin in front of a classroom of teenagers, rather than go home.

Kids found it highly amusing, not sure the staff did though...

Yes I do think yabu, schools aren't set up to deal with individual needs like emetophobia, but with collective needs, like ensuring the majority of children in the class are getting taught. And as someone earlier on in the thread pointed out, you don't really know why she's in. We have the 24 hour rule for children for their protection, so they're not sick and miserable at school and so school staff time isn't taken up looking after a child who hasn't yet got over being ill. Teachers are old enough to know for themselves if they're capable of going in to school.

BTW if anyone thinks this thread is "having a go" at teachers, they are being ridiculously over-sensitive imo.

With a child you are making a decision on their behalf. A teacher is able to make their own choices. Sure, staying at home with D&V is a good idea, but onces it's gone, there is no reason not to return to school.

Ewwww YANBU. The commonest cause of vomiting at this time of year (except for too much alcohol!!) is that virussy bug -that is spread by breathing out germs so no amount of handwashing will eliminate the risk. Surprised she could continue as that one normally really wipes you out for a couple of days.[sicky santa face]

OK, so if teachers are allowed/expected to take a full 48 hours leave (or more?) if they're unwell, how long before the first complaint from parents about the lack of continuity for their dc? Don't know about other schools, but our insurance cover for supply doesn't kick in until Day 5, because of the prohibitive premiums. LittleSleigh Bells is absolutely right... we have to ensure the kids are taught, properly, and that means preferably by their assigned teacher. That, coupled with most teachers' dedication, is why many of us stagger in when we'd MUCH rather be at home in bed, or clutching the toilet bowl.