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tabbycat31

(6,336 posts)
16. This happened to me before
Wed Jan 25, 2012, 07:13 PM
Jan 2012

I asked three times to go to the bathroom, and my teacher (1st grade) repeatedly said no. I wound up pissing all over the floor and got in trouble.

At HS graduation, I was reminded of it.

This teacher should be fired. virgogal Jan 2012 #1
The teacher is the one in need of discipline if she said that... rfranklin Jan 2012 #2
Every year my daughter was in school mzteris Jan 2012 #3
Lots of unanswered questions here. Ilsa Jan 2012 #4
It sure doesn't sound like the kid's first incident, based on the charges: Hassin Bin Sober Jan 2012 #5
This goes on alot in our schools. Ilsa Jan 2012 #6
My French teacher in high school always gave me detentions for "insubordination". Saving Hawaii Jan 2012 #33
I'd put that teacher in detention and not allow her to Louisiana1976 Jan 2012 #7
She was going to write him up as truant... beyurslf Jan 2012 #8
if he didn't really have to go, he wouldn't have peed in the water bottle. mysuzuki2 Jan 2012 #9
If hadn't cried wolf 1000 times before, she would have let him go. beyurslf Jan 2012 #10
Just how in the FUCK do you know "he cried wolf 1000 times before"? MicaelS Jan 2012 #11
I don't, I inferred it as I said in my previous post. beyurslf Jan 2012 #13
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
How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat? Fumesucker Jan 2012 #27
Yes, and there are professionals who get to assess the difference beyurslf Jan 2012 #29
I wasn't miserable at home.. Fumesucker Jan 2012 #30
You are correct. It is not professional conduct. Ms. Toad Jan 2012 #34
If you think your job involves telling a kid who desperately needs to go to the bathroom Arkana Jan 2012 #48
6 minutes? NutmegYankee Jan 2012 #65
No one forced this kid to pee in a water bottle proud2BlibKansan Jan 2012 #21
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
Zero tolerance means zero thought. Occulus Jan 2012 #15
Some people love zero tolerance, means they don't have to make a decision. A Simple Game Jan 2012 #18
No, it places the responsibility where it belongs-- beyurslf Jan 2012 #25
More responsibility for a 12 year old than the teacher? A Simple Game Jan 2012 #28
Do you think there should be a transition during high school from "zero tolerance"? Saving Hawaii Jan 2012 #37
You don't know that. pipi_k Jan 2012 #60
Ahh, gotta love institutional education. joshcryer Jan 2012 #32
What is wrong with some people? When you gotta go, you gotta go! Initech Jan 2012 #12
This happened to me before tabbycat31 Jan 2012 #16
Sounds like there was some history there with that student. And yes... Honeycombe8 Jan 2012 #19
Geez. He peed in a water bottle. In class. proud2BlibKansan Jan 2012 #20
Let us all worship at the alter of administrative policy! Sen. Walter Sobchak Jan 2012 #22
Good for you proud2BlibKansan Jan 2012 #23
I'm certainly not condoning that... Sen. Walter Sobchak Jan 2012 #26
I take it you've never been in a school restroom after it's been vandalized proud2BlibKansan Jan 2012 #31
Doesn't matter. Arkana Jan 2012 #46
Tell that to administrators who make these policies proud2BlibKansan Jan 2012 #59
Maybe we should make kids clean bathrooms so they respect it joeglow3 Jan 2012 #47
and vandalism only occurs during class time? Sen. Walter Sobchak Jan 2012 #58
Or as a site for drug sales, or for bullying of other kids, or tblue37 Feb 2012 #71
Please read the article. n/t Ms. Toad Jan 2012 #36
You might want to read the article. Ms. Toad Jan 2012 #35
Anywhere but the privacy of a restroom proud2BlibKansan Jan 2012 #43
There is a difference between Ms. Toad Jan 2012 #52
I've always had pipi_k Jan 2012 #61
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
A medical condition is not the only reason Ms. Toad Jan 2012 #53
Irritable bladder... pipi_k Jan 2012 #62
Prety darn close to what this kid did... Ms. Toad Jan 2012 #70
Two possibilities... backscatter712 Jan 2012 #39
Whole lot of authoritarians on this thread. LeftyMom Jan 2012 #40
Damned fucking straight! n/t backscatter712 Jan 2012 #41
Whole lot of defensive BAD TEACHERS on this thread. Lance_Boyle Jan 2012 #42
Whole lot of folks who need to spend time in restrooms proud2BlibKansan Jan 2012 #45
So let me get this straight. Arkana Jan 2012 #50
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
I think today's public school teachers are under tremendous stress. tblue37 Feb 2012 #74
Teachers who do this should be fired. Arkana Jan 2012 #44
Oh great, another story bashing public schools! vulture socialist Jan 2012 #49
How is it bashing public schools? Arkana Jan 2012 #51
why didn't she have bathroom passes Rosa Luxemburg Jan 2012 #55
Perhaps the school didn't allow passes proud2BlibKansan Jan 2012 #57
Sorry, but that's bordering on creepy. Arkana Jan 2012 #64
Do you have rules where you work? proud2BlibKansan Jan 2012 #66
Kids often use the claim that they need to pee as a way to get out of class and play around in tblue37 Feb 2012 #73
Thank you. Very well stated. proud2BlibKansan Feb 2012 #75
They ought to give more time between classes Rosa Luxemburg Jan 2012 #67
It depends on the campus proud2BlibKansan Jan 2012 #68
I also find it difficult Rosa Luxemburg Jan 2012 #69
I spent K-12 in Klein ISD MrCoffee Jan 2012 #56
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