"Academic extra credit". Can't count but has exceptional bladder control.

I never went to the bathroom during class because social anxiety. But once in my four years of high school i quietly asked the teacher if i can just go pee real quick (the bathroom was literally outside the classroom) he said no i should just wait for the last 20 minutes of class. I asked again in 5 minutes because i was really needing to go, he said no again. So i packed up my things and sat there with my backpack in my lap staring at the clock ignoring him because my social anxiety wouldn't let me just make a scene and leave because then I'd have to meet with the teacher later and get lectured about manners or whatever. I bolted out when the class ended, was the first one out. For the next year and a half of his class i never looked at the teacher again, read books during his lessons and he completed ignored me (guess he felt bad that i really needed the bathroom not just an excuse to leave class for 3 minutes) But hey the loud kids in the back could go to the bathroom no problems

That's just setting those children up for Urinary tract problems and bad habits in the future!! What an a*****e! She needs to be reported and I'd go to the school board because she's endangering your child's health!!

My middle school was 2 floors, with classrooms arranged by subject, not grade. We weren't allowed to carry backpacks during the school day, so your books/notebooks were in your locker. Passing time was 3 minutes. I couldn't have made it between most classes. And the extra credit thing is just crappy. Reminds me of the orchestra teacher giving extra credit if you took private lessons.

I never say no when a child asks because I WAS the child with a tiny bladder who had to go all the time, and it was torture if a teacher said no. I had a child this year who asked the child next to him if he had "a bottle he could pee in" because he didn't want to ask me!!! The child was flabbergasted and told me what the other child said. I was like, "Just ask me! Go right now! Please don't pee in a bottle?!!" Unfortunately you do get kids who try to go to the bathroom every period or who want to go play in the bathrooms with their friends (resulting in wet toilet paper on the ceiling, etc.). We've had to implement a rule of only one child out at a time - but in emergencies of course we make exceptions. We had to install those taps that turn off by themselves as some kids would turn the water on, plug the basin with handfulls of toilet paper, and let the bathroom flood. The things they get up to!

Sounds like old-time Catholic School to me. All about control and less about physical needs of children. Send them ALL to the bathroom BEFORE class!!!!

I'm glad my parents made sure I knew going to the bathroom was a basic human right and I was free to go no matter what any teacher said. Yes I got the 'try to go in between classes ' and 'be as quick as possible ' talks. But bottom line is part of being human is sometimes you have to go at inconvenient times. I was really glad my junior year because the school shortened time between classes to try and squeeze another class in. That meant either carrying all of your books with you (not practical) or barely having enough time to swing by your locker, swap out books, and get to the next class. Forget bathroom breaks or getting a drink/snack. After 3 weeks they switched back. I never had an issue getting a bathroom pass, but I'm glad I knew I could tell anyone trying to stop me to talk to my parents if they had a problem. Then go to the bathroom as needed.

Some kids can't physically go on assigned breaks when the bathrooms are busy, (shy bladder/ bowel) and end up with long term bladder, kidney, and/or bowel problems for the rest of their lives. Add in girls navigating periods for the first couple of years, and it becomes even more paramount to allow kids a basic human right.

Assuming this is 1 teacher/class out of 6 or 7 classes, I don't think it is that bad of a rule to avoid kids from trying to socialize with other kids when they should be in class. But to earn extra credit for not using a bathroom pass sounds weird to me. I'm far removed from HS, but don't remember leaving classes to use bathroom often, mostly went between classes. A School having multiple bathrooms out of service for construction during the school year is poor planning, should be done during summer break.

I taught remedial reading for third through fifth grades. I absolutely had to have a bathroom policy because my students, who did look forward to my class and hated it if they couldn’t come, would still try to get out of work. It was hard because my classes were only an hour long. I tried to let kids go when they wanted but when one kid started, suddenly everyone wanted to go. Each kid would be gone ten minutes (and some would try longer). They needed to learn to read. Some of these students were reading at a kindergarten level as a fifth-grader. 80% of these students would go on to graduate my class and no longer need remedial reading going into middle school. Some even scored “gifted” in reading. All of this to say, it’s not always easy as a teacher to balance teaching time, students’ needs, and students trying to get out of an area they struggle with.

I don't know elsewhere but in France I never heard of such kind of rules. Students don't often leave the room during lesson to go to the bathroom. We have recess every 2 hours. I remember when I was in 4th grade, one of our teacher started a bad depression, and when a student one day asked to go to the bathroom, she told him "yes but I have to slap you first" very calmly. He was bigger than her so he just went, and she ran after him. She was asked to take some sick days after that...

I'm a teacher myself and this has always been a tricky topic that causes a lot of debate. I always encourage and remind my students to go during the break because once class begins, bathroom requests are as contagious as yawning - once one student wants to go, four or five students put their hands up. It's really difficult to keep their attention at the best of times but when students request to go, the lesson has to basically stop and it's difficult to get them back on track again.

Why can't the kid go to the bathroom before that class? I was one of those students who spent a lot of time in the bathroom during every class. Yeah, I was one of those students who didn't care about grades. Math class was the worst. Math always made me feel dumb, so I didn't spend much time there (undiagnosed dyslexia). As a teacher (irony) I didn't care if students went to the bathroom because its their education to get or not. Contacting the school is the way to go in a world where helicopter parenting and calling people selfish for most any occasion is normal. School isn't just about books, its about teaching people how to navigate the world and learn how to speak up. It isn't about mummy and daddy calling the principal to b***h about their kid needing to leave class on a regular basis to use the bathroom, which is open before and after that class.