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In reply to the discussion: Student disciplined for unauthorized potty break [View all]vulture socialist
(8 posts)49. Oh great, another story bashing public schools!
But I have been in school these days and they have pretty Draconian policies about bathroom breaks in some areas. I always wonder what kids are supposed to do if they really have to go. In my day (when the men wore onion belts) we were allowed free reign in the hallways to go potty.
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It sure doesn't sound like the kid's first incident, based on the charges:
Hassin Bin Sober
Jan 2012
#5
My French teacher in high school always gave me detentions for "insubordination".
Saving Hawaii
Jan 2012
#33
If you told a kid to wet themselves then yes , in my opinion you are a tyrant..
Fumesucker
Jan 2012
#17
She gets 6 minutes in between classes to go to the bathroom and the school is not that large.
beyurslf
Jan 2012
#24
If you think your job involves telling a kid who desperately needs to go to the bathroom
Arkana
Jan 2012
#48
True. He could have simply peed his pants. I mean, really, the choice was his, right?
uppityperson
Feb 2012
#72
I love how every time a school discipline story comes up people start making up the facts. (nt)
Posteritatis
Jan 2012
#14
Some people love zero tolerance, means they don't have to make a decision.
A Simple Game
Jan 2012
#18
Do you think there should be a transition during high school from "zero tolerance"?
Saving Hawaii
Jan 2012
#37
I take it you've never been in a school restroom after it's been vandalized
proud2BlibKansan
Jan 2012
#31
My little mommie fixed up a teacher once for doing the same thing to me, but I peed on her floor.
lonestarnot
Jan 2012
#38
No. My position is that there is a good reason schools don't allow kids to use the restroom
proud2BlibKansan
Jan 2012
#54
This sounds like a classroom "Power Issue"... Happens daily. I would dump that "teacher".
NYC_SKP
Jan 2012
#63