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<h2>Transitioning from in-person learning to having to run a virtual classroom for almost a year can be frustrating for both teachers and students, but it is what most schools had to do to keep people safe during the COVID-19 pandemic...</h2><p>Internet problems, virtual backgrounds, privacy issues, interruptions from family members or pets, forgetting to mute yourself before you say something that wasn&#39;t meant for everyone to hear, and the horribly awkward and inevitable facial expression everyone makes before clicking &quot;leave meeting,&quot; are just a few of the challenges virtual school has caused. Teachers and students have both done their best to keep online classrooms productive and fun, but seeing all your peers in individual little muted squares on a screen just isn&#39;t the same as an in-person education.</p><p>Especially with so many families out of work, mourning the loss of loved ones, and worried about what the future holds, 2020-2021 has been a tumultuous time for young people. It&#39;s critically important that teachers be extra sensitive of what their students might be going through at home before jumping down their throats for not following the &quot;cameras and sound on&quot; rules for virtual sophomore Algebra II class.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>So, when a concerned teen student decided to consult the moral compass of the internet otherwise known as Reddit&#39;s &quot;Am I the As*hole?&quot; about her teacher&#39;s inappropriate behavior over Zoom, people were quick to help and offer advice.</p><h2><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/m5q6zi/aita_for_reporting_my_teacher_and_potentially/">AITA </a> (Am I the As*hole) for reporting my teacher and potentially getting him fired?</h2><blockquote> <p>My (16f) school requires us to keep our cameras on during the entire class. If we need to use the restroom we are supposed to privately message our teacher and ask to leave. I have absolutely no issue with these rules as I understand that online teaching is hard and you have to make sure everyone is attentive during classes.</p> <p>We also have this system where at the end of the week every student is emailed a google document in which we are supposed to type out any problems we had with the classes during the week (eg - a teacher is favoring a student etc..)</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p> </p><blockquote> <p>On Thursday, I had a math class which was taught by &quot;Mr T&quot;. He&#39;s never really been very strict and had always seemed quite reserved and quiet. Of course, I&#39;ve never been in a lesson with him outside of online school so I can&#39;t really judge.</p> <p>During the class I realized I had started my period. I privately messaged Mr T asking if I could use the restroom. I waited for 10 minutes but he didn&#39;t reply so I messaged him again, still no reply. By now I was getting extremely uncomfortable so I texted him for the third time explaining I had started my period and I really had to go.</p> </blockquote><p> </p><blockquote> <p>He replies with this, &quot;You should have planned better. Learn to control yourself&quot; uhhh... What? I CAN&#39;T control my period. I tried explained that I couldn&#39;t but he didn&#39;t respond.</p> <p>I got annoyed and switched of my camera anyways and left to the bathroom. Once I came back, I saw that he had kicked me out of the meeting. I later found out the he had written me up for switching off my camera and I was given a warning. I was pissed.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p> </p><blockquote> <p>Since it was a Thursday I received the google doc and I complained about Mr T in it. Today (Tuesday) I found out, through my mother, who is also a teacher that Mr. T is being investigated as there have been multiple complaints about his behavior and mine was apparently the last straw.</p> <p>My dad, brother and few of my friends are calling me and an as*hole as I could&#39;ve just waited for a while instead of complaining and potentially making a man lose his job, especially during this time. Idk I&#39;m feeling really guilty now. I don&#39;t want him to lose his job. AITA?</p> </blockquote><h2>Here&#39;s what people had to say:</h2><blockquote> <p>You didn&#39;t make him lose his job. If it happens, he did it to himself</p> <p>Definitely NTA (Not the As*hole). - needamemorablename</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>The males in your family are the as*holes and so is Mr. T! A woman cannot control when a period starts nor can she control the flow of her period/ leaks. This is considered an emergency bathroom trip just like being sick and needing to throw up. Can someone control when they have to throw up? No. Same goes for this situation. Shame on that teacher and shame on your male family members. - leafmeb</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> <p>NTA. His actions are what are getting him investigated and possibly fired, not yours. You didn&#39;t do anything wrong. He should have excused you to use the restroom after the first message you sent. - oreganoca</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>NTA. Mr. T was wrong, so <em>HE</em> is the only one who did something that would cause him to lose his job. It is <em>not</em> your responsibility to protect him.</p> <p>To all victims everywhere: when you report something bad that someone did, the consequences that befall that person are their fault, not the fault of the victim. - RainyDayBirdie</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>I really am shocked at the number of men who think that menstruation works like urination. NTA.- WhoFearsDeath</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>NTA. First of all this is highly unprofessional. Second, there were more complaints about him, he brought this on himself. If a student needs to use the restroom, they have to go. Have a rule like one bathroom break per lesson and recommend students to use the restroom in between classes. But he couldn&#39;t be bothered to be professional, that will get him fired. - Mera1506</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>So, there you have it!</h2><p>Everyone agreed unanimously that this student is not at all wrong for honestly expressing her concerns about her teacher&#39;s inappropriate behavior to her school, and if he is fired for his own behavior, she shouldn&#39;t feel guilty at all. Good luck, everyone!</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Student asks if she was wrong to report teacher for not letting her use the bathroom.

Transitioning from in-person learning to having to run a virtual classroom for almost a year can be frustrating for both teachers and students, but it is what most schools had to do to keep people safe during the COVID-19 pandemic...Internet problems, virtual backgrounds, privacy issues, interruptions from family members or pets, forgetting to mute yourself before you say something that wasn&#39;t meant for everyone to hear, and the horribly awkward and inevitable facial expression everyone makes before clicking &quot;leave meeting,&quot; are just a few of the challenges virtual school has caused. Teachers and students have both done their best to keep online classrooms productive and fun, but seeing all your peers in individual little muted squares on a screen just isn&#39;t the same as an in-person education.Especially with so many families out of work, mourning the loss of loved ones, and worried about what the future holds, 2020-2021 has been a tumultuous time for young people. It&#39;s critically important that teachers be extra sensitive of what their students might be going through at home before jumping down their throats for not following the &quot;cameras and sound on&quot; rules for virtual sophomore Algebra II class.So, when a concerned teen student decided to consult the moral compass of the internet otherwise known as Reddit&#39;s &quot;Am I the As*hole?&quot; about her teacher&#39;s inappropriate behavior over Zoom, people were quick to help and offer advice.AITA  (Am I the As*hole) for reporting my teacher and potentially getting him fired? My (16f) school requires us to keep our cameras on during the entire class. If we need to use the restroom we are supposed to privately message our teacher and ask to leave. I have absolutely no issue with these rules as I understand that online teaching is hard and you have to make sure everyone is attentive during classes. We also have this system where at the end of the week every student is emailed a google document in which we are supposed to type out any problems we had with the classes during the week (eg - a teacher is favoring a student etc..)   On Thursday, I had a math class which was taught by &quot;Mr T&quot;. He&#39;s never really been very strict and had always seemed quite reserved and quiet. Of course, I&#39;ve never been in a lesson with him outside of online school so I can&#39;t really judge. During the class I realized I had started my period. I privately messaged Mr T asking if I could use the restroom. I waited for 10 minutes but he didn&#39;t reply so I messaged him again, still no reply. By now I was getting extremely uncomfortable so I texted him for the third time explaining I had started my period and I really had to go.   He replies with this, &quot;You should have planned better. Learn to control yourself&quot; uhhh... What? I CAN&#39;T control my period. I tried explained that I couldn&#39;t but he didn&#39;t respond. I got annoyed and switched of my camera anyways and left to the bathroom. Once I came back, I saw that he had kicked me out of the meeting. I later found out the he had written me up for switching off my camera and I was given a warning. I was pissed.   Since it was a Thursday I received the google doc and I complained about Mr T in it. Today (Tuesday) I found out, through my mother, who is also a teacher that Mr. T is being investigated as there have been multiple complaints about his behavior and mine was apparently the last straw. My dad, brother and few of my friends are calling me and an as*hole as I could&#39;ve just waited for a while instead of complaining and potentially making a man lose his job, especially during this time. Idk I&#39;m feeling really guilty now. I don&#39;t want him to lose his job. AITA? Here&#39;s what people had to say: You didn&#39;t make him lose his job. If it happens, he did it to himself Definitely NTA (Not the As*hole). - needamemorablename  The males in your family are the as*holes and so is Mr. T! A woman cannot control when a period starts nor can she control the flow of her period/ leaks. This is considered an emergency bathroom trip just like being sick and needing to throw up. Can someone control when they have to throw up? No. Same goes for this situation. Shame on that teacher and shame on your male family members. - leafmeb  NTA. His actions are what are getting him investigated and possibly fired, not yours. You didn&#39;t do anything wrong. He should have excused you to use the restroom after the first message you sent. - oreganoca  NTA. Mr. T was wrong, so HE is the only one who did something that would cause him to lose his job. It is not your responsibility to protect him. To all victims everywhere: when you report something bad that someone did, the consequences that befall that person are their fault, not the fault of the victim. - RainyDayBirdie  I really am shocked at the number of men who think that menstruation works like urination. NTA.- WhoFearsDeath  NTA. First of all this is highly unprofessional. Second, there were more complaints about him, he brought this on himself. If a student needs to use the restroom, they have to go. Have a rule like one bathroom break per lesson and recommend students to use the restroom in between classes. But he couldn&#39;t be bothered to be professional, that will get him fired. - Mera1506 So, there you have it!Everyone agreed unanimously that this student is not at all wrong for honestly expressing her concerns about her teacher&#39;s inappropriate behavior to her school, and if he is fired for his own behavior, she shouldn&#39;t feel guilty at all. Good luck, everyone!

Transitioning from in-person learning to having to run a virtual classroom for almost a year can be frustrating for both teachers and students, but it is what most schools had to do to keep people safe during the COVID-19 pandemic... ...