Sick days are hard to make up. They are extremely common during the winter, especially when there are things like a stomach virus is in the air. But it’s almost impossible to take a day off without ending up having tons of things to make up.

Of course, sometimes, sick days are necessary. There are some symptoms that require a student to stay at home. Getting a fever and still going to school is a no, and taking care when sick is a must.

The worst idea is going to school and piling stress on top of sickness which can make things worse in the outcome. Stress can raise your blood pressure, lower immunity, decrease protein and prolong recovery from the sickness.

Even though schools condon staying at home when ill, the consequences are huge. Tests, projects and assignments can be a horrendous disaster to complete as it’s not uncommon to return to school and be faced with a packed schedule containing multiple tests that need to be made up.

To make it even harder, sometimes tutorials are only 30 minutes. This is only a third of a usual class period which means that a student may need to go to a week’s worth of tutorials to make up what they missed in just one sick day.

Since high school is a time to plan for the future, there isn’t really time for breaks. The best advice to avoid the stress of being sick and missing lots of work: use your weekends wisely. Weekends provide plenty of time to rest, which may help you avoid getting sick, but also provide plenty of time to make up any missed work if needed.