I know the cold season has been particularly vicious this year, and I know that it's not pleasant to miss class and fall behind. Here's the thing though- when you go to our crowded, six hundred plus person lectures, or smaller discussions, or smaller lectures, and you admit (proudly, perversely) that you have a cold or the flu and you're still dragging your ass over, it's not just yourself that's being affected. Furthermore, all the professors and TAs have put it out there numerous times that they're more than willing to help you catch up, just please DO NOT GO TO CLASS SICK. Because of your selfish actions, TAs have gotten sick, and so have other students. YOU'RE spreading the illness- probably some selfish person gave it to you. And for those of us who don't have healthy, strong immune systems, this is a big deal. I'm missing much more school than you are because you decided to pluck your sick ass down next to mine 30 minutes before lecture starts, so that I can't move and find a new seat next to someone who isn't hacking and sneezing on me. I don't want to have to ask you to move, but if this continues, I will DO it. I don't really understand my luck- how do I always get the person who is boasting to their friends that their flu is 'almost over' crowded in next to me ?
In conclusion, stay home, and fuck you.
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Elizabeth
You tell 'em. I've got CF to, and if anyone even coughs near me I punch them square in the face. Who are they to be sick near me?? I guess they have no way of knowing I have CF, but still. Screw them, right?
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