I get e-mails almost daily that say "Can you please talk with student about...Thanks!"
Topics I have been asked to address include long, dirty nails, over sleeping, eating right, getting enough water, and now today farting in class.
*****! Unless this kid is farting loudly to be funny there is NOTHING I am going to do. Some people are gassy. If his parents feed him broccoli and brussels sprouds I am certainly not going to tell him not to eat his veggies. Unless his gas is painful or accompanied by cramping, diarrhea, or constipation, I'm hesitant to even suggest a food diary to track the cause.
But, still, I always respond "Sure, no problem".
It is a problem. I have a stack of 300 vaccine records to put into the EMR. I am trying to arrange vision screenings. I have to follow up on missing action plans. I have two vomiting kids in my clinic today. And for the love of all this sacred it is FRIDAY.