well, THAT was impressive
I've never had a student actually self-inflict vomit to get out of a detention before, but I must say that after several rounds of dry heaving he produced quite a bit of stomach acid. I even (and this is very generous because NO ONE leaves the room during detention EVER) offered to let him get a drink of water, which he declined because he is a first class Jerk, capital J.
It was a landmark teaching day in another sense: I got called "Mom" for the first time. She immediately slapped her hand over her mouth and turned beet-red, but the damage was done. In that instant, I gained MAJOR blackmail material, and like seven gray hairs.
er, uh... I've been called worse. :| (Mum)
ReplyDeleteI've had a student force himself to throw up so he could go home to be with his mom....Be lucky you don't teach the little ones...I get called "Mom" on a daily basis! ~Jamie
ReplyDeleteI've had the vomitting problem before... It was during my days of no bathroom passes grandstanding.
ReplyDelete"But, miss," the particularly obnoxious students (who also used to rock and sing about Jesus while other students threw pencils at her to get her to stop), "I have to throw up!"
"Well then, you can do it in the trashcan."
And she did. It took her a few minutes (she's obviously no bulimic), but she was able to induce vomitting.
sigh... the good ol' days...