teachers, parents, should I go in to work with laryngitis?

[somethingunderthebedisdrooling]

i took today off as was really poorly with sneezing coughing fever etc on the weekend and have laryngitis. it got worse through (yesterday) monday instead of better! i feel physically better at the moment but my voice is shot.

i hate it as i will feel guilty all day if i stay home tomorrow. do you think i should go in to work. set quiet work: ie me doing no talking and put my mind at ease? my school is pretty good with discipline and I have a suportive HoD who i can send the first plonker to and that will sort out the rest.

TIA.

[twinsetandpearls]

If I was in a school with good discipline I would go in under such conditions and have done so in the past. Wouldn't at my present school would be worse than useless without the abilty to boom at them

Hope you feel better soon

[somethingunderthebedisdrooling]

thanks twinset. i am only awake because i had 3 hrs from 8 pm when i fell asleep with dd in bed with me.

i will see how it goes tomorrow.

tell me did you ever get your quadbike to commute to work just saw another image of you with your twinset and pearls and bash hat joining the motorway.?

[twinsetandpearls]

no! But am buying a push bike using some tax free cycle to work scheme!

That has cheered me up, am about to hit the sack myself having re planned all my lessons tonight after an enlightening INSET today.

[fizzbuzz]

Voice loss is caused by being a teacher! This was confirmed by my doctor who offered to send me to a speech therapist!
Seriously though, do NOT go to school until fully recovered. I have done this and ended been off for much longer. You will be straining your voice too much. I have tried to teach with a lost voice and it doesn't work! The kids just misbehave.
Someone at my school was absent for 6 months with voice loss, due to trying to battle on with it.