1. Not completing homework- The majority of the time I don't complete my homework it isn't because I'm unwilling or uninterested to learn the topic at hand. My most sincere apologizes, but the three tests due the same day are a little higher up on my priority list than a homework grade. Sometimes I'm concerned teachers are oblivious to the fact that their class is not the only important one you attend daily. School starts at eight thirty, and drags on until three thirty. No, the other classes we attend during the day aren't just study hall, lunch, and PE. There are four other teachers assigning the same amount of homework, or more to us daily.
Maybe I did forget to do your homework, but that action doesn't directly correlate with me attempting to disrespect you, nor does it mean I don't care about the class.
2. Many student athletes require drinking up to a bottle of water every day to stay hydrated; this necessity leads to occasional visits to the water fountain/ bathroom. Regardless of the law stating that a student cannot be denied when asking to go to the bathroom, the assumption that a student is attempting to be disrespectful is most likely a false accusation, as well as an uncomfortable one. Shout out to every kid who when asked, "is it an emergency?", sat down and awaited class change. Not only is this choice an unhealthy choice, but it is also a distraction to the student. This common miscommunication switches from a five minute absence from class, to up to fifty minutes of a student's inability to give the teacher his/her undivided attention. No, we aren't five, this isn't an emergency, but it shouldn't have to be.
The, "privilege" to leave class for a water/ restroom should not be withheld unless the student gives the teacher a valid reason to do so, such as: leaving for an unacceptable amount of time, proof the student is going somewhere besides where they asked, or when a student asks during an inappropriate time during class.
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