Why would a teacher say that?

[MrNurse(x2)]

My son woke up sick this morning and had a borderline fever. He proceeded to drag his feet but also mentioned that his teacher said he would get a zero even if he was sick on an assignment due today. I dragged him in and told the teacher that her class is probably going to get infected because of her statement. She denied ever saying it. Why would a student who WANTS to stay home make a stupid statement. Other students stated the same punishment as I was taking him out of class. I made my point and let her know it really wasn't her place to decide if a student isn't sick. BTW, I was taking him home after her class, which was second period. I took him immediately after administration knew what she hadn't said.

[ComeTogether, LPN]

On 10/30/2019 at 1:45 PM, tining said:

In college I dragged my fever ridden body to anatomy lab because of a zero absence policy. I was about to throw up and asked to be excused. TA said as I was rushing out - "I can't excuse this absence."

I saw her a few days later and she told me not to worry, I looked like death warmed over.

However, I risked getting others sick by this policy. Unfortunately the fakers cause the actual ill people to be guilty by association.

Same. In NS we all went to clinical sick because of the same policy. Miss a day and fail the class. Sucked, because of course we probably got patients sick.