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[rowanberries]

Eurgh.

Okay. I need advice. I really don't want to miss the first two seminars of term, both of which are tomorrow, starting at nine. But I'm also dizzy, aching, and probably very contagious right now. Do I try and go, or just do the reading and attend the lecture, which is the following day and at a more forgiving hour?

Ideas? I'll be the first to admit that my thoughts are not the clearest right now.

Comments

[fire-and-a-rose.livejournal.com]

If your thoughts aren't clear and you're dizzy, for that alone you should just do the reading and attend the lecture. But if you think it's more likely that you're contagious than that you're not? That's a reason all on its own. I say this as an immuno-compromised person, mind, but it's made me very aware of how some things hit one person harder than another.

For your own sake, though, don't push yourself. It's better to miss one day, even the first, than to miss three because you've made yourself sicker than need be.

[rowanberries.livejournal.com]

*Nods* These are good points, thanks.

I think this is probably guilt hanging over from school days where missing a day was wrong and bad and only acceptable if someone else said so. *Grins*

[matgb]

Contact the dept, if possible the lecturer, explain the situation, ask a friend to take notes and/or meet up with seminar person when you're better to catch up?

That's not an easy decision to make, being ill makes attending hard, but missing the first seminar will hurt.

[rowanberries.livejournal.com]

*Nods* I did find the lecturer's email, so I think I shall do that.