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I’m a first year teacher and I’m teaching English at a Catholic girls’ high school. Saturday was my first time supervising Saturday detention. It’s from 8 AM to 12 Noon and they get a bathroom/stretch break from 9:55 to 10:05. That’s the only time they are supposed to be out their seats for the whole 4 hours. I understand all that, but I had a situation on Saturday that I had to deal with.

I had 12 girls on Saturday and it wasn’t 15 minutes after the bathroom break that one of the girls came up to me and asked to go again. Of course, I asked her why she hadn’t gone before when she was supposed to. She didn’t really have an answer for me, but she was insistent that she really did have to go now. She didn’t say it, but somehow I got the impression that she had to go #2 and she didn’t want to do it with 11 other girls in the bathroom at the time. She is a really shy and quiet freshman so I can kind of understand how she was feeling about that. She apparently ...See More
Don't get it On 5/06/14, Cat wrote:

When schools institute rules that are contrary to human nature, I wonder if my bladder is different than other peoples'. I would have told him that she had gotten her period and she was leaking through her skirt. That will especially shut up a male principal.

I don't get it. When we have faculty meetings I ...See More
May 6, 2014
Tori On 5/06/14, Cat wrote: > I’m a first year teacher and I’m teaching English at a > Catholic girls’ high school. Saturday was my first time > supervising Saturday detention. It’s from 8 AM to 12 Noon > and they get a bathroom/stretch break from 9:55 to 10:05. > That’s the only time they are supposed to be out their > seats...See More
Mar 17, 2015
scienceteacher Bathroom is the biggest challenge in a classroom. I place a sign on the bulletin board when it is an appropriate time to go to the bathroom. I only put it up when I am not going over directions or reviewing notes.

Regardless of how much they complain, I remain consistent about being in control of bathroom. It seems to work for me. If they...See More
Mar 30, 2015
my two sense On 3/17/15, Tori wrote: > On 5/06/14, Cat wrote: >> I’m a first year teacher and I’m teaching English at a >> Catholic girls’ high school. Saturday was my first time >> supervising Saturday detention. It’s from 8 AM to 12 Noon >> and they get a bathroom/stretch break from 9:55 to 10:05. >> That’s the only ...See More
Apr 9, 2015


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