I have missed so much school this year because I have been sick almost every month, and I am SICK and tired of it. I don’t know why my immune system has decided to punish me this year, because I have had almost perfect attendance every other year. I even got awards for it. However, I’m not getting any perfect attendance awards this year because my body absolutely despises me. I have visited the doctor way too many times this year, and it’s usually for no reason at all. I’m either just coughing a lot, have a cold, have the flu, or have some new bug that’s been going around school for the past week. It’s nothing serious, other than the fact that my body seriously cannot handle any type of illness normally.
Since I have been sick so much, I have missed a lot of vital learning in school. Not only have I missed countless tests, quizzes, notes, etc. I have so much missing work that I lose track of it. It is really bad when not only do your teachers not enter missing grades until the very last minute, but when you’ve missed so many days, you have no idea what is due, when, or where! The obvious solution here is to buy a calendar to keep track of everything, but for some reason, I just keep forgetting to do that. So most of my sick days consist of me catching up on all the missing assignments that I remember about/am reminded of by that big donut in the grade book.
This horrible work ethic is a drastic change from my sophomore year. I used to be on top of my assignments, and I used to not have any missing work at all. For some reason, junior year has decided to ruin me academically. Not only is my body making it impossible for me to show up to school, but junior year is just the most demanding workload I’ve ever had in general. Whenever I get done with one major assignment, my teacher assigns a new one the next day. I haven’t gotten a break in ages, and all of this stress is making me go insane. I think the stress is definitely a factor as to why I’ve been getting sick so easily, and honestly, I don’t know why stress is so idolized when you’re literally ruining your body for no reason.
Another thing I hate about being sick is just the overall feeling of it. The stuffy nose, the scratchy throat, the feeling like your body is decomposing is just overall awful. I can’t even take a hot
bath when I have a fever, even though I’m shivering, because I have to ‘maintain my body temperature’. It’s genuinely so annoying, and I am done being sick.
Overall, being sick sucks, and junior year sucks even more. My advice to everyone entering junior year, especially if you’re constantly sick, is to keep track and finish your assignments, ladies!
