Is a Sick Kid Better Than an Absent Kid?

The kid was ill, clearly. Angela, a Brooklyn private-school teacher, dutifully sent her sick student to the school nurse, who indeed deemed the elementary-schooler unwell enough to be sent home. But the parents didn’t answer, and so the nurse sent the kid right back to Angela, who asked to use a pseudonym. “As soon as the child came back to class — vomit on the floor, in the doorway,” she said.

Disgusting, yes, but not actually the most disgusting thing she’s experienced this year as a teacher.