I hope you feel better quickly Falina.  I am sure the school appreciates that you don&#39;t go in while you are ill.  The CEO of the mergers and acquisitions firm that I worked for used to tell me, everytime he saw someone at the office when they were sick, that they probably thought that made them look like they were so dedicated to the company, but it pi&#036;&#036;ed him off that they didn&#39;t think enough of their co-workers to stay home when they were sick.