Sick people sitting next to you in class, Especially during exams Options

[Just_Dream]

I was taking my Political Science 110B midterm (Sovereigns, Subjects & Modern State) yesterday. We had to write 2 complete essays in two hours, which should not be too difficult considering it was open-book, and we can write whatever notes we want inside the two books we had.

So while I'm taking this midterm, my boyfriend is sitting to my left, and this other Asian chick is sitting to his left. The whole time, she was hacking/coughing every 3-5 minutes and even though she covered her mouth while she coughed, she still opened her mouth really wide, so her coughing echoed through the classroom. In addition, the class only has 20-ish students, so it's really small! I kept losing my train of thought, but I didn't want to make a big scene out of it. I was so pissed while I was trying to figure out what quotes to use that I sat there and wasted 20 minutes while she was coughing like crazy.

What made me pretty pissed was that she decided to put a cough drop in her mouth after the first hour. I mean, I sympathize for her being sick, but I am sure a lot of the students were being restless.

Has anyone every been through this situation? Did any of you tell the person to stop coughing or to do something about it? Or maybe even move to a different seat?

[Smarmosaur]

i hate it when it's the other way around.
when you cough/sneeze in class. especially when it's quiet.