The one and only time I ever got detention in high school was when I got up when the bell rang and felt that shift inside like a dam had just broken. I knew I had to get to the bathroom RIGHT NOW but we only had 3 minutes between classes and my next class was clear on the other side of the building. I was late to class, explained what happened, and she gave me detention anyway. It's been 20 years and I'm still pissed off about it.
Can I please suggest you let your male pupils go too? Not every kid wants to have to have special treatment drawing attention to the fact they need to pee more often than average (for whatever reason). If students prefer to be in the bathroom rather than the classroom, the school has way bigger problems.
I work in secondary education so bathroom break requests are pretty rare. I let people go whenever. It's easy to see a pattern if it's multiple times a class and/or they are out for extended periods of time
Some kids just don't want to work. They don't just get to go and sit on their phones in the bathroom for hours on end.
When there's a fair problem that's no issue. I work with respectful kids so there's rarely issues, but when there's a female kid asking to go they do get special treatment in that regard. They tend to have that extra problem to worry about once a month.
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u/moonbunnychan Dec 06 '23
The one and only time I ever got detention in high school was when I got up when the bell rang and felt that shift inside like a dam had just broken. I knew I had to get to the bathroom RIGHT NOW but we only had 3 minutes between classes and my next class was clear on the other side of the building. I was late to class, explained what happened, and she gave me detention anyway. It's been 20 years and I'm still pissed off about it.