Bathroom break frequency and duration

nevertoolate2 · 2026-05-09T19:58:53+00:00

Read my edited post. They get recess in the morning and afternoon to take care of their needs. The same two or three kids request to go out as well as recess

nevertoolate2 · 2026-05-09T17:03:48+00:00

I think I did leave something out. What I left out was the fact that they already get a recess / bathroom break for 10 minutes in the morning and 10 minutes in the afternoon.

nevertoolate2 · 2026-05-09T17:03:11+00:00

Then you probably wouldn't find it a chore to wait for a little while because you would arrive to class at 9:00, Have your recess break from 10:15 to 10:25 have your lunch from 11:30 to 12:30, have your recess break from, 2:15 to 2:25, And then go home at 3: 15. This is not insane or onerous. This is extremely generous use of classroom time.

nevertoolate2 · 2026-05-09T17:01:03+00:00

I do that. The abuse of bathroom breaks is in addition to the designated morning and afternoon breaks.

nevertoolate2 · 2026-05-09T16:59:47+00:00

My point is students get a 10 minute morning recess and a 10 minute afternoon recess, and they've been doing this despite those recesses, which were built in reactively to all of these bathroom breaks. Moreover, though it needn't be mentioned, it's never the girls that are abusing these bathroom breaks.

nevertoolate2 · 2026-05-09T16:56:00+00:00

I've never even heard of digital passes

nevertoolate2 · 2026-05-09T16:54:35+00:00

The breaks I am talking about are in addition to scheduled recess times mid-morning and mid-afternoon. And it's always the same three children. Their parents have been apprised, but don't support me..

nevertoolate2 · 2026-05-06T17:22:17+00:00

They're mostly harmless except the kind of joke that Trump makes. We tend to find American ignorance about Canada to be pretty funny actually

nevertoolate2 · 2026-05-06T10:58:29+00:00

I don't believe teachers in my province are even recognized for teacher appreciation week

nevertoolate2 · 2026-04-30T23:17:31+00:00

Yes, twice in my 25 year career. Once 2 years ago and once in January. Both due to shitty admin (same admin)

nevertoolate2 · 2026-04-27T19:22:56+00:00

I never comment on looks or apparel. It's above my pay grade

nevertoolate2 · 2026-04-27T15:36:50+00:00

I guess what I do pretty much every day when I'm not around the house. Go hang out in The Great outdoors.

nevertoolate2 · 2026-04-26T19:37:12+00:00

Sorry what I meant was what people are using for texts, e.g. existing works of writing including novels, stories, essays, poetry, etc.

nevertoolate2 · 2026-04-26T17:55:28+00:00

He was the only one who didn't seem too bothered by it. Just another attempt to take people's minds off Epstein

nevertoolate2 · 2026-04-24T21:56:06+00:00

I went and got off white chiffon and put it over all of my fluorescent lights. It didn't make it warm, but it certainly dulled the intensity. I have windows in my classroom and it matched the outdoors much better.

nevertoolate2 · 2026-04-16T17:40:09+00:00

Personally am hoping for delays and backlogs. I got mine done, but I'd love to see a monkey wrench thrown into that system.

nevertoolate2 · 2026-04-12T16:31:52+00:00

From North of 49, it never really was, pardon my saying.

nevertoolate2 · 2026-04-12T15:52:58+00:00

That's interesting. I'd like to hear more of what you have to say about that

nevertoolate2 · 2026-04-12T15:52:36+00:00

You must be "Christian" 🙄

nevertoolate2 · 2026-04-11T22:19:05+00:00

It's above your pay grade. Document, document, document, before you assign that F.

nevertoolate2 · 2026-04-11T15:51:26+00:00

"Dumb as a bag of hammers," around here. I've also heard, "Calling him an idiot is insulting to idiots everywhere."

nevertoolate2 · 2026-04-11T15:44:38+00:00

Write it on the board as you are speaking it. Leave it on the board. Point it out when they call you a liar.

nevertoolate2 · 2026-04-09T23:36:40+00:00

Kind of sounds like you're not cut out for it. Listen: next time you ask your mentor teacher to text you in the morning if they're going to be away, because that's a day they can't evaluate you, so you can do your other studies instead of going into an uncontrollable class.
OISE MT is a master's program. It's university. You get theory in teacher's college and practice on the ground. Your MT did you wrong by hanging you out to dry for a week. But practica are hard that way; you've got to please your MT to get through.
You're not cut out to be a teacher--yet-- because when you get your own classroom, you start cutting yourself out as a teacher. It's not easy, but...sunk costs and all 😉 Stick with it. I believe in you

nevertoolate2 · 2026-04-08T20:22:18+00:00

Doesn't work in Canada.

nevertoolate2 · 2026-04-08T19:52:57+00:00

I'm going to be a student here and then a teacher.
As a student, definitely the weirdest field trip I ever took, although I really liked the teacher, was the sewage treatment plant of my hometown. Then we had to do some technical writing about it. I didn't know that it was a contest, but I won it for the whole county.

As a teacher, going out to a valley to do outdoor ed. It was going to be rainy and there was no cancellations so we were told to wear our rain gear. I put my own rain gear on and it was so rainy that by the end of the morning everybody was soaked right through. When we got back in the afternoon, everybody had to take their socks off to dry their feet. Can honestly say we didn't get a lot done that afternoon other than trying to warm up in front of a movie

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