Advice time!

[rinnia]

So say there's this girl who isn't feeling great. She was feeling kind of crummy last night, and it returned today. It's nothing too serious, she tells me, maybe just allergies. A cold or flu at the most. Unfortunately for her, she has an exam tomorrow as well as a long meeting, and then another meeting on Thursday. What she'd really like to do is sleep and hope this goes away soon, but she's torn due to her responsibilities. What do you think she should do? Should she attend the exam and then skip the meeting tomorrow, push through both, or e-mail her profs about taking the exam at a later date and just sleep the day away? The meeting on Thursday is really important, and making it to that is her biggest priority. What's the best course of action to balance her wants, her responsibilities, and her health?

I know where I stand on this, but I figured it couldn't hurt to get some other opinions in the mix.

Comments

[ebon-nepenthe.livejournal.com]

I would personally push through everything, but I am also not known for making great decisions. (See: most of my schooling career.)

In my experience, it's usually a good idea to get exams done on schedule if possible, because pushing them back seems to make the work in other classes pile up behind it. But, that's *only* if the sickness isn't bad enough to really pull down your grade if you try to test while ill.