California teacher awards extra credit to students for avoiding toilet breaks during class
This incident shed light on other instances of injustice against the students, especially a recent case from Ahmadabad's Madhav Public School
A bizarre class rule from a California school has garnered mass outrage globally as a math teacher is being accused of cruelty for the unique credit system. The teacher is said to award extra credits to those students who avoid a bathroom break during the class. A parent took to social media, revealing the quirky incident that gained sixteen million views on X.
“My daughter’s math teacher has a rule that they only get one bathroom pass per week, AND if they don’t use it, they get academic extra credit,” an X user Seets wrote. “I am livid. But my daughter is mad that I want to email the teacher and CC the principal. Am I wrong here?” she added.
The September 5 post has fuelled a mass outrage among the users, where people demanded action against this outlandish practice. A person shared a similar incident, writing, “Our youngest son’s elementary school had a similar policy for 1st graders. Totally bizarre. It ended when some poor kid peed his pants because he was afraid to ask for the pass.”
Case of Violence Against Students in India
This incident shed light on other instances of injustice against the students, especially a recent case from Ahmadabad’s Madhav Public School in Vatva, where a math teacher, Abhishek Patel, was caught on CCTV footage slamming a student against the wall, slapping him, pulling his hair, and thrashing him to the ground. Patel was later suspended by the orders of the District Education Officer and is currently in police custody.
These cases of injustice are common in schools, and only a few of them get reported while the major cases from remote areas go unheard. The violence against students in school is alarming as it impacts the mental and physical well-being of a human at a growing age.
UNICEF’s data
According to UNICEF, “violence in schools and homes affects millions of children in South Asia, with a high prevalence of harsh discipline, including physical punishment by teachers or caregivers.” Reports suggest that approximately 64% of children in South Asia experience some form of severe violence. UNICEF underlines that “one in three students aged 13–15 report being bullied in school.”
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