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I teach 9 and 10 year olds. I don't allow children to go to the toilet/bathroom during class time, only during break and lunch. Would the rule bother you?
I teach 9 and 10 year olds. I don't allow children to go to the toilet/bathroom during class time, only during break and lunch. Would the rule bother you?
Of course it would bother me. How would you feel if you had to use the restroom and you weren't allowed? That's ridiculous.
Of course it would bother me. How would you feel if you had to use the restroom and you weren't allowed? That's ridiculous.
Well actually that is the rule for teachers so she would likely not see the issue. The problem with these sorts of rules is that they mask classroom management problems rather than solve them. Additionally, these are children not adults, and may not be developed physically enough not to have to go during class time and health problems that may or may not be shared with the school can be exacerbated by these rules.
Finally, as a teacher, it is down right dumb to make these sorts of policies especially when the school likely has different rules. You are asking for trouble at best.
Yes, it would bother me a bit. OP, can you elaborate more on why you have the rule in place? Do you have students you think were abusing bathroom breaks, was it inordinately disruptive in your opinion, do you feel that the time that you do allow them to leave is more than sufficient etc? I'm curious.
Last edited by Texas Ag 93; 02-15-2018 at 05:47 AM..
No, not at all, although I would hope and assume you make allowances for emergencies (upset stomach). When I was in school a thousand years ago, a hall pass was always required to leave class. Most teachers had a laminated pass or some cutesy thing. One teacher, fed up with kids constantly having to go to the bathroom that he brought in a toilet ring with “bathroom pass” painted on it. Amazingly, he discovered all the kids could in fact sit through his entire class without going to the restroom! Lol. At that age, no kid was going to be seen walking around carrying a toilet ring!
Even my 3-year-olds know: "If you have to go potty, STOP, and go right away!"
Maybe the OP needs to review that Daniel Tiger episode. Are you smarter than a preschooler?
Semi-joking aside, I've dealt with difficult kids before, and been tempted to lay down some draconian rules to keep behavior from becoming too disruptive. However, there are lines you just can't cross. Disallowing bathroom breaks is one of them. Figure something else out, OP. Other teachers, from the dawn of history, have managed to deal with this in smarter ways, you can too.
I teach 9 and 10 year olds. I don't allow children to go to the toilet/bathroom during class time, only during break and lunch. Would the rule bother you?
Yes. Why the need for so strict a rule? So there's no exceptions? When I was that age I would have been beyond mortified if I couldn't go take care of myself during my period and had to wait. What if a kid has to vomit? Better to do it in front of the whole class?
I had one teacher in elementary school (grade 5) that said we didn't even have to ask, just go. It wasn't a big deal. If there does become an issue, deal with it then. I don't see the need for such rigidity.
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