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In reply to the discussion: Student disciplined for unauthorized potty break [View all]Ms. Toad
(33,915 posts)he might have needed to use the bathroom urgently.
Most of the time I have no issues (and I have no predisposing medical condition). Occasionally, my bladder fills (1-2 cups) every 15 minutes for a couple of hours or so, and when it acts up it doesn't matter if I have had any fluids recently or not - so I can't even moderate it by not deliberately dehydrating ahead of classes (which isn't really healthy anyway). I recall college classes 30+ years ago that I had to walked out of three times in 50 minutes because each time I could not last any longer. The most recent time was heading into surgery about a year ago - when I had been NPO for 12 hours. In the two hours between arriving and being put under, I emptied a full bladder 5 times.
As to being notified - yes, the teacher should have been notified. We did that with our daughter whenever we received a Draconian bathroom policy, because she does have a medical condition which may requires her to dash first and ask for permission later. But - an urgent need is not have been due to a medical condition.