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[weatherman]

I worked at an all girls highschool way back in 97' and I had open policy of letting the girls go to the barthroom without asking. If felt they were taking advantage of the policy they wouldn't be allowed to go with out asking. Worked faily well, but with some problems. I did it because it made my life easier.

[ulsanchris]

I hate letting students go to the bathroom during class because the second you let one go two or three will want to go to. I can only think of one or two times when a girl asked if she could go to the bathroom when she had her period. There tends to be a greater sense of urgency and a real pleading look in a girls eye when she has to deal with the flow.

Of course I wouldn't let her go.

joking I always let them go if I suspect they are having their periods. The one or two boys want to go. Of course I tell them no and I have listen to their whinny voices.

[Yu_Bum_suk]

[schwa]

I remember my grade 2 teacher, Mrs Wilton, a stern old crone with a bell on her desk to get attention. Her deal for letting us go to the washroom was we put up our hands with either one or two fingers raised to indicate we had to do number 1 or number 2. Nice.

(Does that make sense to other westerners or were those regional euphemisms for peeing & taking a dump?)

[Thomas]

[Derrek]

Thomas, that's a great idea, but I have so many students, it seems impossible to remember their names!

And the wooden pass idea was something I always had at school, growing up. Ours was shaped like a lolly-pop.

My girls would probably all take turns going to the restroom, just so they could say they carried the thing.

[Derrek]

Oh, hey... one more question for the ladies:




How do you figure these girls deal with that "special moment" when they have important tests? We were told during one national test last year, "If a student must leave the room, they cannot be allowed back in."

So do all of the girls expecting that "it" might happen that day, "stuff it" just in case?

[PolyChronic Time Girl]

[tzechuk]

You know.. that's what happened to me when I was 12 or so... I was in an exam.. I wasn't allowed to go to the bathroom but didn't actually know that it was coming... so I sat there and finished the exam and when I walked to give the papers in, everyone laughed.. then a friend pulled me aside and walked me to the bathroom quickly. I had a huge red patch on the back of my pale blue skirt. I was the laugh of the week.

Since then, I use pantyliners.

[PolyChronic Time Girl]

[pet lover]

Yeah, there is a reason I will never wear white shorts again. I got branded with the big red stain on the back of my white shorts during sixth grade. This happened on the same day that we got our "health" education so the boys definitely knew why I had that huge red mark. Panti-liner? Wish that would work for me. I gush. Luckily for me, my body is finally going like clockwork: every 15 to 30 days.

[pollyplummer]

Clockwork right here. I start at 5 a.m. the exact day I'm supposed to. However, teenage years are crazy- most girls are not at all regular and their predictive/judgment centers of the brain are not fully developed, either, so they have a difficult time gaging that kind of thing. I work at a public high school, and I'm very permissive. This may not work for you, but I let them come and go to the bathroom as they please. They don't even ask me. Nobody seems to abuse it, because I dont make a big deal out of it. Drawing attention to rules causes more rule-breaking... it's kind of a spiritual/psychological principle, I believe. I have over 500 students that I see. If most of them are in their chairs when I come to teach class, I dont even worry about it. If one leaves during class and doesnt come back for 10 minutes, oh well. There are tooo many of them to keep track of on an individual basis. If most of them are there and I'm teaching, I dont worry about anything else. It would be too much of a hassle. I give my attention to the students who want to learn, try to push the lazy ones a bit, and call it a day.

[Derrek]

[Derrek]

[Derrek]