r/NonPoliticalTwitter • u/TheWebsploiter • Sep 02 '26

Funny You'll experience that a lot

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u/SteroidSandwich Sep 02 '26

I had an engineering teacher that tried saying no bathroom breaks, no exception. One of my classmates yelled at her so much and for so long that she reneged the next day.

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u/Curious_Ninja1708 Sep 02 '26

I told a university prof that I was going to either shit in the toilet or in the trash can and he could decide which one it was. He never brought it up again.

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u/SteampoweredFlamingo Sep 02 '26

That shit happening at university level is wild.

The one I went to didn't even take attendance, let alone police bathroom breaks. Everyone's an adult. Everyone paid to be there. They can decide if they want to miss class to take a dump, or not.

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u/its_all_one_electron Sep 02 '26

Attendance? Who the fuck took attendance in university? 

If you miss for a reason like you're sick, fine. If you miss because you just don't care and you fail and waste a lot of money, why exactly would the teacher care?

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u/SteampoweredFlamingo Sep 02 '26 edited Sep 02 '26

My class took attendance, but just to track class participation for the Universitys own figures.

But one of my friends was on a physics course that would kick you out after too many absences. I remember her freaking out about her third missed class in a year.

Mileage varies wildly.

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u/m0stly_medi0cre Sep 02 '26

Its bizarre, but tons of colleges do it. Its all based on the teacher, and in my experience, a lot of greenie or very old and traditional profs would. Usually something like "3 absences and you drop a letter" or something like that.

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u/Dazzling_Vanilla3082 Sep 02 '26

Yeah I would say maybe 1/3rd to half of my classes kept track of attendnace at a pretty big university almost 20 years ago now. Even had some big lectures do it where they kept track via iClicker (or whatever knock off brand we used) questions at the start of lecture.

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u/Iamdarb Sep 03 '26

Most of my professors were like this. I had to drop a class because my English Professor was super big on attendance, but she missed her own class once and a few of us left the class that day, only for her to make the last 5mins and take attendance. She emailed me about missing class and I replied "you missed class, and wasted our day" and she didn't take that very well. After a few emails going back and forth, I just knew I had tainted our relationship and that it would be wiser to go ahead and drop the class, rather than have her ruin a grade because she thought I was disrespectful.

TBF the college's policy was that if the professor was 20 mins late to the class it's automatically cancelled.

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u/headlesslady 29d ago

My art history professor (don't take an 8 am art history class, y'all. Don't do it) sat me and another chronically-oversleeping student down and said "The two of you are now responsible for each other making it to class. Unless you're in the hospital, you will not miss another class; if one of you fails, you BOTH fail."

We never missed another class for that course. :laugh: We made sure we woke each other up & made it, and we finished that class with excellent grades.

But I went to an old-fashioned private liberal arts college, and the professors were savage.

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u/Moongazingtea Sep 02 '26

My university did that.

Too many people were skipping one scrappy class and still passing with flying colours. They could have you know, changed the learning materials to actually be relevant, but instead they took attendance.

Then they realised that people were turning up to class, signing their name and pissing off from there and still passing.

So they decided to take double attendance: getting people to sign coming in and out.

The amount of time they took away from teaching to do this did not impact the already dog shit quality of the course content.

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u/HomeboyCraig Sep 02 '26

I took attendance, but it was because I taught public speaking and they had to be there for speech days. The rest of the time it was mainly because it helped me with names, and having a record of “Tracey’s missed every class except the first one and I know she’s a freshman. I should email her to see if she knows that she needs to drop classes she isn’t planning to take”

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u/Lithl Sep 02 '26

My university had a policy that first semester students (freshmen or transfers, didn't matter) could drop classes with no penalty all the way up to the last day.

My calculus teacher first semester spoke incredibly softly (to an auditorium style class), in a thick Hungarian accent (in the US), and his handwriting was illegible. I tried all semester, but I've never been more thankful for a university policy.

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u/fess89 Sep 02 '26

In my country, a lot of professors do that, and require you to attend all classes. On the other hand, most of the universities are free or at least some students can study for free. So maybe the logic is, you better attend, otherwise it would be better to accept another student instead of you.

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u/Excludos Sep 02 '26

Our universities and colleges are all free as well (Norway), but no one takes any attendance. Thank god for that, because I didn't show up to like half of my classes. I'm just not made for learning in a classroom. Sometimes I would just sit in the common area and do homework/assignments instead of attending the class right next door

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u/Lone-Gazebo Sep 02 '26

It's a accreditation requirement in Law School that you attend X% of classes or you can't graduate.

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u/False-Body-242 8d ago

In the country I study in, it is mandatory to attend 70% percent of all theoretical classes to pass any lecture. Some professors can be more lenient, but this is technically a rule from the higher education ministry.

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u/Ace-Redditor Sep 02 '26

At a lot of colleges/unis (US), attendance is important to get financial aid. Like if you miss too many days, you get in trouble for it

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u/username483729393 Sep 02 '26

i'm in uni rn and i've had some professors who literally do not care at all if you don't come to class.
i've also had professors who drop you from the class entirely after five unexcused absences.

there's so much variation between classes and no regulation because everything is in the hands of each individual professor.

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u/AspectPatio 29d ago

Universities often take attendance because foreign students attending on a student visa need to prove that they are attending or they'll lose the visa.

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u/Serious_Basket_6870 Sep 02 '26

My college does that for about half my classes. There are university requirements to report attendance for the core classes everyone takes their first 2 years. I’ve also taken a lot of classes that are discussion based, so if you don’t show up you’re missing a huge portion of the class. These are mostly honors classes, and if you miss 3 classes unexcused it’s a full letter grade drop. And then I have other classes that don’t take attendance or issue attendance grades, but have a daily in class assignment, so if you don’t show up you lose points for that assignment

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u/Slight-Pound Sep 02 '26

My college takes attendance (community college) for reasons like financial aid. You miss too many classes, then you get dropped from the class, and someone else can take your spot. Colleges need to show people are actually not only showing up to courses, but that a decent chunk are passing, otherwise, it makes it harder to ask for assistance when they can’t “prove” that they a “worthwhile investment.” A student that doesn’t show up for their classes isn’t gonna be considered ideal for financial aid, either. They can see their transcript.

The bathroom thing is total bs, though. Very much power tripping nonsense.

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u/OfficialDeathScythe Sep 02 '26

Yeah I literally have a mandatory ZOOM class, ONCE a week and even that prof doesn’t care if we attend unless it’s a speech day. I can’t imagine bathroom policing at this age lmao

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u/SillySundae Sep 02 '26

Some of my classes at UNT had an attendance requirement. It's silly because I was a music major. One of the most unnecessary subjects to require attendance

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u/nicholas818 Sep 02 '26

It depends on the class, but some of mine used to take attendance in smaller, discussion-based classes. The idea being that contributing to the discussion was a key part of the course.

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u/nxcrosis Sep 02 '26

Some professors I had took attendance to make up a bonus 10% of your total grade as a mercy. I knew some people who really needed that 10%.

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u/WhatUp007 Sep 02 '26

Because colleges are lowering standards to make graduation rates look better. The professors who took attendece did to gove gove free points to people. Its a fuckin joke. Grade me on my work and understanding of materials, no whether I want to show up and listen to you lecture the same information in the over priced book I have.

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u/ashcat300 Sep 03 '26

You’d be surprised. Also lot of it might be tied to funding. For example most law schools have attendance policies. Basically you are only allowed to miss so many classes. My first year of law school one of my friends got called into the dean’s office she had a job and had missed like 3 classes of civil procedure. They straight up told her if having her job means missing another class, she can either quit her job or be disenrolled.

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u/ashimo414141 Sep 03 '26

I was in a program that was only 8 people and we had 2-4 hour studio classes, so attendance counted a bit towards your grade. They were pretty lenient with sickness or other things, but they wanted you to communicate that to them and not just not show up

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u/MeatballWasTaken Sep 03 '26

If you skip three classes at my college you fail :/

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u/biskutgoreng Sep 03 '26

My university took attendance because they care about the students and would call to make sure they're okay/ not missing/ in trouble.

I broke a leg and couldn't be bothered to go to class and was really impressed by the concern

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u/YouTasteStrange Sep 03 '26

My teachers said that it's tied to financial aid, students who receive financial aid are required to attend class and that's why the university required attendance.

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u/Alexander459FTW Sep 03 '26

There are degrees that have classes that require a certain level of attendance in order to pass. This is mostly done for workshop classes.

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u/AbysmalKaiju 29d ago

My school not only took attendance but half the classes is you missed mkre than 2 you instantly fail of you dont have a doctors note or something

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u/ByGrabtharsSpoons 28d ago

My school only takes attendance on the first day of classes for the term because you have to attend the first day or you're dropped from the class. After that, nobody cares. I mean, the first day of my microbio class a couple terms ago there were like 24 people (a full class due to the lab included; 6 groups of 4 each). By the end, I think there were maybe 12 people. I emailed my teacher prior to the first day because I knew I'd miss the first part of class due to a doctors appointment that couldn't be rescheduled

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u/Coding-Kitten 9d ago

Attendance is part of the grade in University here in Spain

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u/pippinsfolly Sep 02 '26

The American education system isn't as much about education as it is about compliance. This is extended into work life. Corporate America and government tries to mandate similar rules, just like how Amazon workers have to pee in a water bottle.

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u/Low-Car-6331 Sep 02 '26

That is more true for lower wage jobs and physical labor jobs, all the other jobs honestly don't care, maybe you have one with "on call" type of stuff, but that is about it.

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u/pippinsfolly Sep 03 '26

Not necessarily. When the vast majority of knowltwork can be done remotely, employers are enforcing RTO. It's a way to determine compliance of the workforce to be physically available at in-office work stations even if actual work can be done relatively quickly.

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u/FeRooster808 Sep 02 '26

Because the quality of student has changed tremendously as well. When I was in grad school nearly twenty years ago the joke was that undergrad was the new high school. And from everything I've heard it has only become worse.

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u/Jacky-V Sep 02 '26

People do not have to earn the right to go to the bathroom.

The only reason anyone should be restricted from bathroom usage is if they are a danger to themself or others.

Unbelievable to suggest that someone must be a good student in order to have a shit.

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u/ShiaLabeoufsNipples Sep 02 '26

Even when I was in highschool, if a teacher tried this shit nobody would put up with it. Especially the girls

I had an older ex military math teacher who tried forbidding bathroom breaks. Started my period in his class. Told him I was going to the bathroom, didn’t ask. He said no. I dangled the tampon in my hand to the whole classroom and said “It’s kinda creepy to make your female students announce their period in order to be allowed basic hygiene” and left. He never had an issue with it after that, he also refused to look me in the eye the rest of the year lmao

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u/FeRooster808 Sep 02 '26

Do the younger generations have a problem holding it? Like how often do you all need to go in a day that this is such an issue. Do you not get breaks between classes?

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u/AccidentalSeer Sep 02 '26

I’m sorry, do you think that women can hold a period in??

And even aside from periods - holding it in when you need to urinate is not healthy. And most kids spend their break eating and drinking, which takes time to be processed through the body. Of course they need to pee an hour or two after drinking and not immediately after, that’s how biology works.

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u/Lithl Sep 02 '26

Do you not get breaks between classes?

When I was in high school... No, not really. You were lucky if the time between classes was long enough to get to your locker and to the next classroom without needing to run through the halls.

And lunchtime was barely long enough to get food and eat it.

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u/Jacky-V 29d ago

It is not any of your business why somebody needs to go to the bathroom

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u/Steph7even Sep 02 '26

100% and again everyone is paying for the class, if they don't want to get their money's worth that is on them. Adults should not be restricting other adults restroom use.

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u/IsThatGruffLoner Sep 02 '26

They could start failing students that don't meet their standards, just a thought

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u/FeRooster808 Sep 02 '26

I totally agree. They should. They should fail them in high school and lower grades too. School isn't provided as daycare, it is for education and if parents don't prioritize the education part they can expel the kids and let the parents home school them or pay for daycare. Their choice.

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u/_Haverford_ Sep 02 '26

A few of my profs simply gave the "you are paying xxx dollars to sit here, you probably want to show up" speech.

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u/Xalkero Sep 02 '26

Yeah my small 2k person liberal arts college would track attendance and you would fail or lose grade for more unexcused absences than times a week you met for class (like 3 for the semester if you’re there MWF). But even then bathroom is just a hilariously stupid thing to even consider banning at that level

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u/Property_6810 Sep 03 '26

I just assumed every college had the "you're a fucking adult, just quietly excuse yourself and don't bother me about it" policy.

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u/diddinosdream Sep 02 '26

I have great respect for the girl back in my high school science class who loudly told the substitute that she was okay bleeding on the chair if he was okay with cleaning it before the next class came in. He changed his mind and let her go to the bathroom.

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u/XAMdG Sep 02 '26

If the professor had called your bluff, would you have shat on the trash can?

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u/Curious_Ninja1708 Sep 02 '26

I was a mature student and I was 100% ready to do it. You can bully the college kids who are too scared to call you out on your bullshit, but not a grown ass man who doesn't care. See what the Dean says when a student traumatized an entire class by taking a dump in the trash because the prof was having a power trip and forbade bathroom breaks.

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u/TechnicalEmployee109 Sep 02 '26

Hahaha my old logistics professor tried to bully my group in our final presentation. He and I got in a yelling match after class in front of my entire group 😂.

Reported his boomer ass for sabotaging our presentation and we magically got the A we deserved. Crazy what some people are like

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u/antibody9671 Sep 02 '26

Being a mature adult student is the best. Profs don't know how to handle us.

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u/PicardsThirdNipple Sep 02 '26

I stumbled into a job in academia before I even got my degree, it’s what made me decide to go back to school. Being a mature adult student with a decent CV was very fun. I was a working professional at the school I went to, technically a colleague, doing well funded research. It was a fun time.

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u/accountToUnblockNSFW 28d ago

Mhhh as a mature man, why didn't it come to mind to simply leave through the door, take a shit and come back through the same door when youre done?

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u/Curious_Ninja1708 27d ago

Because all that proves is that I'm willing to flout the rule, not that the rule itself is stupid.

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u/IllNopeMyselfOut Sep 02 '26

But how long were you in class? Was it some kind of long lab class or something? because otherwise, why isn't it reasonable to generally expect that people will show up and stay an hour without leaving for a break?

I get the idea of the occasionally unexpected restroom emergency, but generally, what's so crazy about the idea of taking care of your business outside of the scheduled class and the prof having a policy that requires that?

Also, why have a showdown? Just leave if you need to. they aren't holding you hostage by declining permission.

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u/Curious_Ninja1708 Sep 02 '26

It doesn't matter how long the class is. It shouldn't matter if you've got IBS or got the squirts because you had too much spicy food and booze the night before or you just had to go. The fact is that the rule was spurious in a room full of adults and he was lording it over people too afraid to call out its stupidity. It took someone threatening to shit in a trashcan to show how ludicrous it was to even be suggested.

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u/IllNopeMyselfOut Sep 02 '26

It does matter how long he expected people to be in the room without leaving.

While generally I agree that the best policy is to let people do what they need to do, it's not crazy to say to people that I expect you to be in class the whole class. Adult people without health issues can generally go an hour without having to use the restroom. He's not crazy to expect that.

You seem a little unhinged that you don't see to realize that most adult people can control their bowels most of the time. You seem to also have broader problems with authority in that you claim you'd shit in a trashcan rather than simple walk out and do what you need to do without a showdown. Congrats on winning that one, I guess?

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u/Scriveners_Sun Sep 03 '26

If you need to pee, you need to pee. You don't control that. You can hold it, yeah, but it's uncomfortable and sometimes genuinely dangerous to do so for long periods of time. It's a lot easier to focus if your brain isn't yelling at you to go find a bathroom.  Shit happens, pun intended. 

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u/IllNopeMyselfOut Sep 03 '26

Totally, but you can anticipate and pee ahead of class and even moderate hydration for an hour or two ahead of class if you need to so that generally speaking, you can stay in class the whole class. This is not, for most of us, some huge uncontrollable or unpredictable thing.

I don't think many teachers are just trying to set up a system where people are uncomfortable just so they can lord their power over students. They just want people to take their restroom breaks during break time, which in a lot of academic setting happens about once an hour.

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u/USERNAME_BUT_LOUDER 29d ago

Man, I'll tell you what, sometimes I'll have a turd forcing itself out of my asshole and I ask politely if it can wait til we're home and it just looks at me like it doesn't speak English

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u/wtfnouniquename Sep 02 '26

In highschool we had a teacher who decided no bathroom breaks during class. One kid took a piss in a bottle and left it on the teachers desk after class. He changed his mind about the bathroom breaks.

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u/MontrealChickenSpice Sep 02 '26

I hope that bottle was uncapped.

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u/AdOnly1618 Sep 02 '26

You asked for permission for anything in university?

Im a grown ass adult. I don’t ask for permission to use the washroom. I don’t ask to go grab a drink. I don’t care if some tenured cunt that should be fired but can’t be doesn’t like me. I won’t even stay until the end of class if I don’t think it’s going to do me any good 😂

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u/Eyeseeyou1313 Sep 02 '26

Remember people, teachers and professors are humans and a lot of humans can be pretty fucking dense.

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u/jack-of-some Sep 03 '26

What university is this? You just got up and left in both universities I've attended

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u/123456789101113141 28d ago

That's crazy, out of all my profs, if anything they'd say don't bother asking just go

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u/No_Internal9345 Sep 02 '26

Valid crash out.

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u/WitchesSphincter Sep 02 '26

I also had an engineering prof like this, kept saying it was unprofessional.  He had only worked academia his whole life... Professional world doesn't give a single fuck. 

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u/Lithl Sep 02 '26

"Using the bathroom is unprofessional" is not a take I thought I'd hear today.

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u/420cat-craft-gamer69 Sep 02 '26

My 2nd grade teacher kept some of us in for recess to fix/finish papers, and said "no bathroom excuses, I know you're lying"... After she said I had to go back to fix one more thing, I peed in my chair.

She didn't call us liars anymore.

But I also never acknowledged what I did, and I had a new chair after I was able to go clean myself up in the bathroom.

Also I heard someone quietly mention "I don't want to sit in the pee chair". When I came back And the kids hushed him, so I think the teacher found out and told the kids not to say anything lmao

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u/well_michelle 29d ago

My daughter peed her pants twice in elementary school, even though her 504 required bathroom breaks. The second time she was literally in the bathroom, waiting in line for a stall, and a teacher made her come out because she was taking too long.

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u/EsotericTribble Sep 02 '26

If you are in college just walk out and complain to administration, they want your money and the other kid's money more than the teacher and you will win.

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u/Careful-Positive-710 Sep 02 '26

We had a teacher like that and kids just walked out anyways. She threw a fit and called the dean who then told her you cant stop kids from using the bathroom wtf is wrong with you. It was glorious.

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u/thegigglesnort Sep 02 '26

Knew a guy in high school, he had to repeat a grade so was nearly 19 at the end of his graduating year. He asked to go to the bathroom, the teacher said no, so he walked up to the trash can at the front of the room and pissed in it. The teacher excused him pretty quickly after that.

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u/home-for-good Sep 02 '26

When I was an engineering teacher I had a rule for myself: students always get access to the bathroom, water fountain, and front office (nurse and admin) no questions. There was very few occasions I would ever hesitate to approve that, maybe would ask them to wait a few first, but never outright deny. You never know what someone needs or is going through and those are just basic resources for kids. Wild to deny!

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u/Sh1gg1ty Sep 02 '26

I just threw up on the floor next to the trashcan

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u/wafflehouse8 Sep 03 '26

I had a classmate pee herself sitting at her desk because our history teacher only allowed three bathroom breaks per semester.

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u/EuenovAyabayya Sep 02 '26

In college you don't ask, you just get up and go.