Need a wee during an exam? tough pi$$ yourself...
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my sister who is currently taking GCSE exams at our local school, came home today and told me the following.
during her maths exam a pupil needed the loo, raised a hand etc, no noise made.
he asked the teacher in control of the exam for a loo break, only to be told he could not.
the kid the proceeds to wet itself, which needed mopping up after the exam had finished.
this is not the first time the school has been a touch strict with its pupils but i found (excuse the pun) that this took the pi$$!
if it where my child i'd want blood! who do they think they are?
during her maths exam a pupil needed the loo, raised a hand etc, no noise made.
he asked the teacher in control of the exam for a loo break, only to be told he could not.
the kid the proceeds to wet itself, which needed mopping up after the exam had finished.
this is not the first time the school has been a touch strict with its pupils but i found (excuse the pun) that this took the pi$$!
if it where my child i'd want blood! who do they think they are?
At my University, you are not allowed to go to the toilet in the last 30 minutes of the exam, and with 35 minutes to o they will say that if you need the loo then you have to go now. I don't know if that's the same in schools nowadays, but when I did my GCSEs you were allowed to go to the toilet if you were escorted by a teacher or exam mod.
Fair play to the lad for wetting himself though, I wouldn't have had the bravery to do it!
Fair play to the lad for wetting himself though, I wouldn't have had the bravery to do it!
_Batty_ said:
my sister who is currently taking GCSE exams at our local school, came home today and told me the following.
during her maths exam a pupil needed the loo, raised a hand etc, no noise made.
he asked the teacher in control of the exam for a loo break, only to be told he could not.
the kid the proceeds to wet itself, which needed mopping up after the exam had finished.
this is not the first time the school has been a touch strict with its pupils but i found (excuse the pun) that this took the pi$$!
if it where my child i'd want blood! who do they think they are?
That's ridiculous! I was allowed to go to the loo if I needed to during my end of year exams and I'm at university ffs! That's awful, I hope something is done about it, I'm sure they're not allowed to prevent children from going to the toilet?!during her maths exam a pupil needed the loo, raised a hand etc, no noise made.
he asked the teacher in control of the exam for a loo break, only to be told he could not.
the kid the proceeds to wet itself, which needed mopping up after the exam had finished.
this is not the first time the school has been a touch strict with its pupils but i found (excuse the pun) that this took the pi$$!
if it where my child i'd want blood! who do they think they are?
There is a certain time towards the end of the exam (last 20-30 minutes) where no one can leave the room, so I am guessing that it would have been in this time that he asked to go to the bathroom. I would be very sceptical that the school was disallowing toilet breaks, as surely that goes against some human rights policy or similar.
At school someone was caught in their geography exam when they stuffed notes behind the u-bend in the toilet. The teacher waiting outside heard the scrunching of paper and became suspicious...
At school someone was caught in their geography exam when they stuffed notes behind the u-bend in the toilet. The teacher waiting outside heard the scrunching of paper and became suspicious...
I can't believe that, really in the modern day that can't allow a child to go to the toilet during an exam? I always thought the protocol was to take the child out, the invigilator will quickly check there's no one in the loo, quickly look around it and let the child go. No biggy, and that's what happens at our school anyway, and I'm sure the same should be true of other schools too.
I know of numerous instances where people have cheated in this manner.
Imo toilet breaks shouldn't be allowed, even the longest exams are only 3-4 hrs max.
The only exception is for stuff like art where the time allotted is days rather then hours- though there is far less scope to cheat in such exams anyway.
Imo toilet breaks shouldn't be allowed, even the longest exams are only 3-4 hrs max.
The only exception is for stuff like art where the time allotted is days rather then hours- though there is far less scope to cheat in such exams anyway.
bigandclever said:
There's no way a 16 year old lad sat and pissed his pants in front of everyone.
Having had my nether regions examined by ultrasound in the middle of winter, I know you can hold two litres of water for 2 hours and then some without embarrassing yourself in public. But by golly, when you're allowed to use the toilets, you do make the biggest sigh of relief you've ever made. In fact, I sighed so loudly I made myself laugh. 
Edit: I've only just figured out why everyone appeared to be staring at me when I exited the toilets. They must have heard the sigh of relief.
Edited by ShadownINja on Monday 21st June 19:43
We allow toilet breaks in our university exams, except during the final 30 minutes. When I worked as an invigilator I always found it faintly ridiculous that it was allowed to be honest. It was by far the biggest opportunity for cheating. Who, barring medical conditions, isn't capable of holding it in for a few hours at most?
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