AIBU to be angry that this is still happening!

[CosmicCanary]

Bristol News

I know this is not the only girl this has happened to. I know there will be many many girls who have suffered the same humiliation in school just today.

I was one of them many years ago.
So many times i bled through my pad in lesson but I knew asking to go to the toilet in would be met with a NO so i didn't bother. It was a humiliation in its self for the whole class to know you needed the loo. Such a public audience for an other wise private act.

I have already told my DDs should they need the toilet they must ask but if refused walk out of lesson if they absolutely cannot wait and I will deal with school.
They will not suffer the humiliation and shame of leaving blood on a school chair as I did.

I'll tell her you said to take it up with the employer though. Sure that will sort it.

Of course she should or leave.
She is an adult she chooses to work under those conditions. Children in school have no choice.

There you go again bringing your adult sister and her working conditions in to a thread about children in school.

You really should stop its just making you look stupid.

You bring them up then tell people not to comment on it.

And yes, tell teachers to leave schools because their working conditions aren't up to scratch - that'll solve the problems.

And yes, the schools you worked in might not have had that level of vandalism but many do. My dds school as I said above used to have the toilets blocked with paper regularly. Sometimes they flooded them too. They couldn't afford the constant repairs so they locked them.

You bring them up then tell people not to comment on it.

Bring what up?

I have consistently tried to keep this thread on track despite you mentioning your workplace, the tube, trains with no toilets, fictitious children vandalizing toilets so that the whole school closes, your 60 mile car journey to see your son and now your adult sisters working conditions!

None of which are relevant to the thread and at no point were you asked for any of that information.

No staff around to supervise what stops Johnny going into the girls toilet?
Or it could be Jane.
You can't just let girls go to the toilet can you? Boys might need to go too.

Totally agree. I was commenting on the fact that some of what's coming up is wholly irrelevant to the original topic of the thread.

If schools would not allow s teacher to go to the toilet for a genuine emergency, then there is an employment issue.

Mirroring these restrictions on children just because you can't go is despicable.

bringincrazyback

It's only relevant when you consider access to toilets during lesson time.

It would be impossible for schools to give access only to girls to deal with periods so you then end up looking at why access is restricted at times.

None of which are relevant to the thread and at no point were you asked for any of that information.

Quite right. When were you asked for toilet arrangements when you worked as a croupier?

Why would it be impossible to give access to girls only for periods?

Boys don't have periods so it doesn't affect them.

Quite right. When were you asked for toilet arrangements when you worked as a croupier?
We were told them the first day of training. I had the option to stay or go at that point as I am an adult not a child in school.

woollyheart

How can you even ask?

So girls can go when they want because they are on their period but can also go to the toilet while they are there, or just need the toilet and will be allowed in case they are on their period, but boys can't go at all?

Good luck with that discrimination case.

@CosmicCanary
I meant why were you discussing your toilet arrangements (you know, what you told me off for doing)

I meant why were you discussing your toilet arrangements (you know, what you told me off for doing)

I only mentioned my working arrangements as you accused me of having no knowledge or experience of toilet restrictions like you have in your work place so I mentioned mine to prove you wrong.

You have done nothing but mention your own experiences throughout this thread and not one is relevant to a child in school.
If you hadn't how would i know do much about you?

jacomax

I can believe it. It's also very hard to prove who blocked the toilet or left the taps running full on so they flood isn't it? Even if you know roughly who was there during that time.

And quite how you police girls to make sure they only go to deal with periods as suggested up thread I have no idea, especially when the idea of a note or telling the teacher caused an attack of the vapours

@CosmicCanary

Likewise.

Really what irrelevant information have i given?

@Weetabixandshreddies it really isn't difficult to know who did some. That's why you keep a record. Oddly I do this for what happens in my lessons. It's helpful to know who might have been late due to a music lesson or similar.

@GrammarTeacher
Well, yes if the school is only 1 class I suppose.

35 form classes in a 7 form entry school. You could have 10s of students in the toilets at the time concerned. How do you fathom who did it?

Weetabixandshreddies

@CosmicCanary

Likewise

Really what irrelevant information have i given?

It's really quite simple! You investigate. Just like you do when anything else happens! It's not blinking rocket science (4 form entry years 7-11 then more in sixth form).