Thursday, December 14, 2006

PISSING AND MOANING IN WICOMICO COUNTY

Oh look, Wicomico County schools made the AP national wire this week for the incident in which three schoolboys were forced to avail themselves of a soda bottle in leiu of a urinal.... I'll just bet school officials are so proud to make national headlines.
But now that their 15 minutes of fame has passed, perhaps they can take a moment to look back on the path that brought them such dubious fame. And given the decision-skills they've exhibited thus far, let's make clear that the examination should keep in in mind they want to avoid similar notariety in the future.
Okay. So the question was how to curtail vandalism and other untoward behavior in the restrooms visited by Mom and Dad's little darlings. Two words: toilet training. Do it before sending the kids to school. Failing that, the plan to have then escorted to and from the restrooms was not bad. But it fell apart without a backup plan.... Plan B, we'll call it.... So, what happens when there's no escort available?
Well, "we just wing it" did not prove to be as successful as they had hoped... But hey, on the Up side, these people may be more than qualified enough to get high paying jobs as War Planners in the Bush administration.
I mean, having the boys piss in a soda bottle carries with it several logistical questions such as privacy, contact with possibly diseased human waste and disposal - what happened to that bottle... whose job was it to empty and dispose of it?
Couldn't this have just been avoided by having the boys visit the restroom one at a time and having the custodian check conditions before and after each visit.... And is the teacher who thought this was a good idea even smart enough to be teaching children?

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Well, I think the teacher was making a point about rigid school rules and just took it a little too far. At least he didn't have them piss out the window or in the classroom sink!

Anonymous said...

My youngest graduated from WICOPEN this June, Thank God I got him out of there alive. I'm a waco extremist right winger that calls a apade a spade and who has no problem getting in a teachers face if I know he/she's wrong. I prayed for the day he graduated so I wouldn't have to worry if he'd get home in one piece or I'd have to go and defend his rights AGAIN against the school boards totally worthless administraters. What a bunch of clowns, I here Worchester county has much better schools.