Student Forced by Teacher to Urinate in a Bucket

To be forced to urinate in a bucket is preposterous, right? Well, maybe not so much. San Diego's Patrick Henry High School art teacher, Gonja Wolf, has been placed on administrative leave following these allegations of inappropriate conduct. A complaint filed by the 14-year-old high school student's attorney claims that Wolf told his client that she couldn't use the bathroom but, rather, take a bucket to another room to urinate.

After the incident, students began teasing the young woman forced to so badly that she "no longer feels safe or comfortable" at the school. According to the complaint, the high school has a policy of not allowing students to use the bathroom. However, this claim is denied by Linda Zintz, the district spokeswoman. Lamenting to the San Diego Union-Tribune, Zintz states that the school administrators advise teachers to reduce the number of bathroom breaks the students take.

Reduce the number? Yes. Force students to urinate in buckets? No. The plaintiffs are asking for approximately $25,000.00 in damages for psychological and medical treatment, as well as, asking the district to pay for the young woman's homeschooling. The homeschooling request seems a little excessive but if this claim holds true, then the student deserves some reparations.

Many students might have simply disregarded the teacher, walked out the class, and used the bathroom. For following this teacher's demented orders to urinate in a bucket, this teen definitely should be compensated.

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Gloria G Mar 16, 2012, 2:24pm UTC

This makes absolutely no sense. The child needed to go to the restroom, obviously. If she could take a bucket to another room, why not just let her go to the restroom. Teachers are showing less and less wisdom as time goes on.

Parents need to instruct their children on what is and isn't appropriate instruction. If the teacher's instructions don't sound right, then, children should ignore the teacher and let it play out in front of a third party, like a parent or principal.

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Ryan S. Mar 16, 2012, 6:04pm UTC

This is just plain wrong if you ask me. No teacher in any school should be telling students to do this anywhere in the school. Students need to use the rest rooms for that. Not a bucket or anything else for that matter. People like this should be locked up in prison for life so they can not do this to anyone else.

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MaryBeth W. Mar 16, 2012, 6:04pm UTC

My kids are frequently told to go between classes (like 3 mins is enough to even get to the next class two floors up) or ask the teacher in the next class. The teachers are under so much pressure to cover "the material" and all the kids are punished for the ones who linger and do things in the bathroom they shouldn't. It's a chronic problem. Eat and drink healthy, take only 15 mins to eat crap for lunch, and don't go to the bathroom. There is just not enough time in the school day!

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First Last Mar 18, 2012, 2:29am UTC

I go to Patrick Henry High School and honestly, I’m not surprised in the least. Things like this happen all the time which is why I was surprised this made the new. Patrick Henry is a seriously shitty school but hey, what are you going to expect from the public school system, only caring if students show up not giving a fuck about them or if they god forbid learn something.

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