Sick at (of) School

I woke this morning with a flaming throat, but decided to push through the day because I had missed an entire week of school last week attending Teen Pact. By the end of third period my head was pounding, my muscles were sore and the fact that I was shivering in 80 degree weather signaled a fever. My teacher allowed me to go to the nurses office, but the nurse said she wasn't allowed to check my temperature or administer medicine. No medicine, no thermometer, no band aids, no phone? No clue what the nurses are there for. She told me to rest and I fell asleep through fourth period; then the nurse woke me up and told me I had to go to lunch. "I'm not hungry. I don't want to eat. I just want to rest until I can be picked up." I replied. The nurse said I had been there long enough and sent me on my way. Apparently, students visit the nurses office to catch up on the sleep they missed the night before, or to skip class. I suppose it's hard to tell who's telling the truth. Perhaps it doesn't really matter since the nurse can only offer a bed for rest, nothing else. When I returned home, the thermometer read 102.1. I was able to take medicine and sleep without being interrupted. Ahhh, Home Sweet Home...but that's High School.