After posting my previous entry about Swine Flu, I was reminded that the school had temporarily "disabled" the infamous "capped at 69%" rule due to the Influenza A virus outbreak. I was reminded of a particular incident where one of my classmates, after nearly vomiting at school, was informed that his mother was coming to pick him up. In response to this, he said, "Can I take my history test first?" There is another incident, where one of my classmates went home early because he was sick. He came back later that day just to take his chinese exam.

I don't think that the school had these situations in mind when they made this rule. It forces them to stay in school just to take an exam even if they are not feeling well. This is a really bad decision. If the studenet in particular has a contagious illness and stays in school to take his test, whose fault is it? The student for not being responsible or the school for setting such rules in the first place?

I feel that the student is not to blame. It is not his fault that he has fallen sick on this particular day and capping his marks even though he has a valid reason seems to be too harsh.