Yes... working for french education is pure bliss. (insert sarcasm here) It was only one hour a week I got off. And I was only supposed to be working 12hours a week anyway, so it wasn't that big a deal.
I actually organise my boyfriends sickies more than I do my own. Coz he lives a 2 hour plane ride away, I'll buy a plane ticket and then tell him NOT to tell any of his co workers that I'm coming down. Then about a week before I get there he has to start acting a bit sick at work, so then for the week I'm there he can just claim a really big sickie for a couple of days. Yay!