started coughing, better go to the hospital

I was teaching one of my classes today when the principal walked in and said that Dave (my boss) was on the phone and wanted to talk to me. I thought I had done something wrong, but he informed me that because I was coughing that I need to stop teaching and go to the hospital. Becuase of the seriousness of swine flu these days, he wanted to make sure that I wasn't a carrier of it. I told him that I felt fine and that I had a cough because my throat was scratched. (Truthfully I feel fine and I've been coughing because my throat is scratched because I've been yelling at the students all day...)So I go to the hospital (who know taught the rest of my classes?), but got to the hopsital and the doctor said 'Well, you look fine, just a small sore throat.' And I said to myself, yep thats exactly what I said in the first place.

My boss then went on to tell me that I need to take a rest tomorrow and not come into work. He said swine flu origninated from a group of foreigners and that many parents specifically dont send their children to insitutues with foreign teachers becuase foreign people are more likely to attract swine flu. So, that if the students see me coughing they will tell their parents and their parents might remove them from the insitute. Interesting.

So, I'm going to enjoy my day off tomorrow (even though it counts as one of my sick days-and I only have 3 total for the whole year, gotta use the rest sparingly I guess). I'm headed to Korean folk village to enjoy some traditonal Koreans!