Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Too Much Time in the Bathroom At the school that I am interning at there is a student in one of my classes who takes excessive amounts of time in the bathroom. Sometimes, it will take this student up to 20 minutes to use the bathroom right around the corner, and come back. We are not sure whether or not the student is actually using the bathroom or just saying that he is so he does not have to participate. My CT, her assistant and I are all women, so we are unable to go into the bathroom. What should we do? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) How old are your students? Try using the buddy system, if they are older students they won't like being treated like they are in elementary school again. If the problem continues have a conference with the student that they are missing important information. Worst case have a male staff member come to escort the student every time they use the restroom. Explain to the student that when they can decide not to goof on in the restroom they will not need an escort.                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: Providing the students with the assurance that the monitoring will stop once their behavior stops provides them with something to work toward. Rated On: October 9, 2016 8:36 pm Rated By: Miranda Kuhn