Teachers try their hardest never to take time off even when they are sick, because they can only get a substitute when they have been away for three days or more. Since taking one or two days of sick leave would inconvenience their colleagues as well as their students, most simply take the attitude that "it's better to just grit your teeth and bear it!"
生病也儘量不請假，因為三天以上才能申請代課老師，一兩天的病假，既會連累其他同事，學生上課也受影響，「還是撐著點吧！」