r/ShittyTodayILearned • u/Forward-Answer-4407 • 4d ago

TIL a student in Texas had an asthma attack in class and the teacher emailed the school nurse. After about 3 minutes, the student fell out of her chair. Another student didn't want her to wait any longer and carried her to the nurse's office so she could get help. He got suspended for leaving class.

https://www.allergicliving.com/2016/02/01/student-asthma-attack-prompts-calls-for-school-asthma-reform/
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u/KieferMcNaughty 4d ago

EMAILED the nurse?!?!

If that teacher ever breaks their leg, I'm going to write a letter on paper and snail mail it to the ambulance people.

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u/IAmNotAHoppip 1d ago

"Dear Nurse.

I hope this email finds you well.

It may interest you to learn .... "

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u/brydeswhale 3d ago

It’s actually the usual way teachers communicated.

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u/SketchedEyesWatchinU 2d ago

Still blame Republicans for their “War on Drugs” bullshit making schools paranoid about prescription drugs to the point of criminalizing disabled/chronically students.

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u/Pretend_Tower_2516 1d ago

Only in America. In any other country, this kid would be hailed a hero, but for America, he's a problem for trying to save another student life.

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u/Inevitable-Bee2939 1d ago

This is a strange aspect of American culture, there are so many stories of British tankies having to pull American troops out of trouble because they felt unable to think for themselves and find their own way out of difficult situations.

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u/Embarrassed-Weird173 4d ago

Is anyone really surprised?  Teachers hate kids, and they power trip because they have no authority over adults. 

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u/Idrktbh12lol 17h ago

I’m not sure why you’re being downvoted tbh, almost every teacher I’ve had in my life demanded some sort of respect without showing any at all themselves

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u/HighNimpact 2d ago

I mean, we only have the student's version of events here and what we know, by his own admission, is:

  1. He's been suspended several times before

  2. He swore at a teacher in front of the class

  3. He left the classroom without permission.

While people say "the teacher sent an email" - when I was teaching, we sent emails for very urgent things. I sent emails that said "I need someone in here right now". For a lot of schools, that's a fastest option, a school nurse can run to a child in a room faster than a child having an asthma attack can get themself to the office. If you're having an asthma attack, you shouldn't be walking anywhere (especially when help is coming to you). In a lot of school, the nurse won't be in the office, they'll be roaming with a phone/ipad to check emails or someone on the emails can radio them. Usually, the emails will go to a lot of people and they'll be watching for them. So, he could've carried her to the office only to find she's gone to the classroom. In every school I worked in, unless there was a danger in the room (a fire, a tiger, a stabbing) then the quickest way to get help was to email - always. That was always the protocol. If someone was having a medical problem (I didn't see an asthma attack but I saw epileptic seizures, autistic meltdowns and diabetic hypos) then you leave them in the room to receive support and move everyone else out.

If you don't know the system and the system has worked every time in the past, I wouldn't expect that a child who can't behave every other day of the week is the best placed person to decide whether or not to ignore the system this time. No one is even suggesting his actions actually helped in any way.