My first year of teaching after receiving my teachers' college diploma. I'm in a class no-one else on the staff want anything to do with.They have, while their regular teacher goofed off (chasing the school's office clerk) taken advantage of his distraction from his duties. They have been used to walking in and out of the classroom at will, taking themselves off to the playing field (relax, only for softball games or swims in the river over the fence), chatting to pupils on other classes through the windows, sneaking off to the assembly hall to play basketball... They had been coming to me in the Library for a once-a-week class, and I'd not seen what they got up to elsewhere.
On my first day I read them the riot act, so to speak. Told them I was their last chance to learn what they need for secondary school. Told them they were stuck with me 'cos no other teacher wanted to worlk with them. They had pretty much all settled down, except....
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One lad had a reputation among the pupils for popping out to the loo whenever he felt like having a smoke. After he'd popped out to the loo for the third time in the morning, one of the others told me that he was going out there for a smoke, every time. Now under normal circumstances I had never forbidden a comfort break - I had always assumed I had no cause to doubt their bladder health! Till now, right?
So, the next time he asked "'Scuse me Mrs S, can I go to the toilet?" I said "No".
"Why not?" he asked.
"Because I've learned you're only going out to have a smoke."
"But Miss, I'm Busting to go!" (Note - not denying the smoking...)
"Sorry you'll have to wait till lunch time."
"But I really need to go!"
"But I really need to go!"
"No."
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"Well I'll just piss in the sink, then," he daringly declared. He was a bit surprised when I calmly said "okay, do that." (Even as I said it I thought "Oh my gawd if he does I'm in trouble!"
Lad walked to the sink in the front corner of the classroom, grabbed his waistband and unzipped. Me? I did/said nothing...
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Lad looked around and realised that every kid int he room was watching him - "I'll hang on then", he said. and returned to his seat. (Me? I sat down at my desk and almost trembled with relief! LOL)
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Further to this: at lunch break, one of the class "leaders" came up to me and said - "That was good, what you did miss. He knows we've all seen his diddle and it's the smallest one of all!"
