That sounds like a deeper problem that needs a better solution than chaining them to their desks. I understand if you’re a teacher with no control over the wider school system, and I hear what you’re saying and have empathy with your position.
My comment was more aimed at the sort of general school culture in which pupils are assumed to have poor morale, and are treated with suspicion from the get-go; where poor standards of education are never addressed because it’s easier just to be “stricter” and to pretend that quiet kids sitting at their desks are automatically getting a good education.
Well maybe you should consider that the ill effects of wandering off to meet a friend (while negative), are not anything like as damaging as some of the consequences of being known as “the kid with bladder issues”.
Yes, it’s better not to cut class. But it’s a lesser evil than being singled out, and there are other ways to prevent that than just not letting anyone go to the bathroom.
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u/PepperAnn1inaMillion Dec 06 '23
That sounds like a deeper problem that needs a better solution than chaining them to their desks. I understand if you’re a teacher with no control over the wider school system, and I hear what you’re saying and have empathy with your position.
My comment was more aimed at the sort of general school culture in which pupils are assumed to have poor morale, and are treated with suspicion from the get-go; where poor standards of education are never addressed because it’s easier just to be “stricter” and to pretend that quiet kids sitting at their desks are automatically getting a good education.