AFTER THE JUMP….
I am a retired teacher. I will later posts my opinions.
There is a middle school for fifth and sixth graders. There is a seven period scheule with five minutes between classes. It is a very large campus covering two large buildings in themselves.
The principal has a rule that all restroom going has to occur during those five minute changing times. No exceptons. Teachers allowing students to go to the restroom during class are written up. Three write ups get a teacher fired. The principal explained in the “all student and staff assembly” that if a student couldn’t wait during class he “would have to use the restroom in his pants.” All the teachers say that to their students. And the write up rule is known by the students.
Just the other day a sixth grade girl did have an emergency. The teacher explained to her in front of the entire class that she realized that she had an emergency but she would have to use the restroom in her pants because that is the rule. The girl sat there and cried and pleaded before she had an accident in class. The whole class knew it was going to happen and they knew that the teacher had no say in the matter at all.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THIS AS A POLICY? AND WHAT WERE THE RESTROOM RULES IN YOUR SCHOOL AND WHAT WERE THE CONSEQUENCES. GOOD OR BAD?
DO RULES LIKE THIS ENHANSE LEARNING IN THE CLASSROOM?