so after lunch, as per our daily routine, i asked a student to go to the bathroom, in order to prevent any would be accidents. now, unfortunately our students don’t have a choice in this matter and one of them doesn’t have the language to communicate a choice if it was allowed. that being said, please imagine the following situation which presented itself today…

student’s inner monologue: i don’t want to go the bathroom. why don’t you understand?! i don’t need to go, i don’t want to go, don’t make me go! how can i make you understand? i know, when i bang my head on the ground, people come over. maybe when they come into the bathroom i can get out. this banging isn’t working, they still don’t understand! why! they keep telling me to pull my pants down and sit on the toilet. fine maybe if i do that they will let me go. ok, my pants are down, but they are still mad. why are they making me sit down on the toilet? i don’t want to do that. maybe if i take off all of my clothes, they will let me go. ok. i’m naked now, i’m going to try and escape. ok, now they are chasing me down the hall, why? damn it! back in the bathroom. why don’t they understand i don’t want to go? ok, now they are telling me to put my clothes back on, what is this? god! fine, they want clothes on, i can do that. ok, pants. i know how to do those. ok, done. now legless pants. wait, that doesn’t look right. whatever. now top thingy that goes under the shirt. i know where is goes, how do i get it there. maybe the same way as the pants? let’s try that. ok, well now they’re stuck. forget the shirt, i’m done.

now, imagine that this process took two hours. this was my day.