yknow whenever i wanted to stay home from school for being sick sick, i never processed that it was acceptable to stay home just because you're not feeling well
i thought: "if you feel terrible but you're not contagious, you're supposed to go anyway"

after actually thinking about this, i wonder why that was ever in my head to begin with. like, obviously (ideally) you arent gonna operate at a proper level if you dont feel well. that goes for both work and school.

but i guess my default mindset is that systems like that work against you
using the term "systems" is making this thread border on "society bad" but that isnt what im trying to say, i think