I am glad but not shocked that your teachers were good about this. I think being in the hospital for any reason should be good enough for any human being...most people are nice.
On chat vs posting...I am bad at chat myself I tend to type slow and will miss a lot...on the boards I come across as an air head and maybe kind of cool...Truth be told I am neither though I by nature tend to like to joke around I am much more intelligent than I seem on the net I think many would be surprised if they knew much about me. So, I seem to be better in person