Wow."A sixth-grader who was denied permission to use the restroom while taking a state achievement test this week had an accident in class."
http://www.cnn.com/2007/EDUCATION/05/04/testing.accident.ap/index.html
Okay, granted the teacher should have had an adult supervisor escort the student to the restroom... but are you serious? This story deserves national attention over the other (what I would argue to be) bigger atrocities taking place in the world? Like my posting below and other newsworthy issues in the world are being shafted because a kid peed their pants.
Like Cheadle said in the posting below, "It's disturbing the mainstream media gives so little attention to the killings in Darfur, while crime stories [and apparently peeing your pants... among other things, like hollywood gossip] in the United States will be reported on ad nauseam."
One question that wasn't raised (maybe fellow educators want to take a stab at this)... What part did the state achievement test play in this incident?
State achievement tests determine school rankings, funding, and the state's annual report cards.
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