We're all crazy

Me, doing grocery shopping in Germany these days

Dont let your children be controlled like this. I remember back when I was in school my mom always told me “if you really need to use the bathroom or attend to an emergency and the teacher won’t let you, then just leave the classroom and I’ll deal with teacher and principle”

There was a student at my high school, who we will call John Doe, who actually did that. When teachers gave him a limited number of bathroom allowances (usually 3 per semester, which was the standard at my school), he would use them in the first week, and then induce vomitting my eating rotten food he found around the school garbage cans. If teachers refused to let him go, he would just throw up on something they had to touch. Light switches, keyboards, whatever was available.

If concrete changes are not given, just leave and go to the bathroom anyway. If the teacher complains, firmly say “My health and bodily functions are not privileges for you to dish out” and leave.

#the us is some kind of dystopia i swear#like literally the only rule in my schools#both elementary and high school#was only one student was allowed to go at a time unless it was an emergency#you literally only had to wait until someone got back#other than that#you could go whenever you needed#rights and issues tag