If a student threw up in your class, what would be your immediate course of inaction?
- Grimace
- Get the cleaner
- Send the student to sickbay
- Announce to the class "From now on, we call him Chuck".
Bonus spew poll. Which is more disgusting?
- Chuck up
- Up chuck
As a teacher myself, that's easy:
Move the class to the Resource Centre, and leave the problem for the next class! Of course, you can never get a booking at our RC, so we'd end up wandering the oval - but at least the air would be fresher. At this time of year, it's pretty dismal out there, so I'd hope it's not a double!
Posted by: 13thMan | 18 July 2006 at 13:59
Actually, I could have moved the class to a spare room, but the cleaner was on the spot toute suite. It was a liquidy, splashy affair, too, so it was easy to clean up.
Posted by: Tony.T | 18 July 2006 at 14:03
Spudents. Ho ho.
Posted by: DJ | 18 July 2006 at 15:00
Do they still put sawdust on puke in schools, Tone?
Posted by: Caz | 18 July 2006 at 15:13
DJ: oh oh.
Caz: I'd forgotten about that. So, I suppose, no. The cleaning lady was there in no time with a bucket and some sponges and chemicals.
Posted by: Tony.T | 18 July 2006 at 15:54
Thanks for the memories, Tony.
Posted by: ThirdCat | 18 July 2006 at 17:03
Chux are made for these very occasions.
The first thing you should do is inspect the vomit pool for food from the school canteen. The second thing you should do is start to panic if you had your lunch there.
Posted by: Wicking | 18 July 2006 at 17:32
Does he have a girlfriend? You could call her Bride of Chucky.
Posted by: TimT | 18 July 2006 at 19:57
Thanks, TC, we aim to please.
It was a Red Bull and cordial business, Wickers. Or the green, watery slime means he's an alien.
Tsk, Tsk, Tim. That gag is child's play.
Posted by: Tony.T | 18 July 2006 at 20:08
aliens drink red bull & cordial?
that WOULD explain the taste...
Posted by: Saltation | 18 July 2006 at 20:17
Of the cordial or the Red Bull?
Posted by: Tony.T | 18 July 2006 at 20:18
My immediate course of inaction?
'Gardiner, have you been on the piss again?'
Posted by: D. Goldspink | 18 July 2006 at 20:56
Get worried if there were no peas and carrots featuring heavily, and then exit for the oval. And... UPCHUCK is irretrievably more disgusting.
Posted by: beth | 18 July 2006 at 21:07
Year 12... final week before grad.
Sitting in Accounting after quite a large night on the fizz the night before, and I don't recall if it was because my Consolidated Profit & Loss for Whatchamacallit's Fangdanglers Pty Ltd showed a big loss or not, but I "took ill" all of a sudden.
Unlike your story Tone I had a happy ending as our class was next to the dunnies. Came back into class pretending to wipe my mouth saying "Needed that bog"
Juvenile I know, but the most memorable Accounting class I ever went to...
Posted by: Adsy | 18 July 2006 at 22:09
Kill it. If it's vomiting then it's obviously weak and won't make it in the real world. Serves as a great example to the rest of the class.
Posted by: Kieran | 19 July 2006 at 01:17
That depends on (a) if it was a girl; and (b) if you were deep-throating her at the time. Not to call your professionalism into question or anything.
Actually, cancel (a).
Posted by: hungbunny | 19 July 2006 at 05:24
"ok - anyone else need to make a statement?"
Posted by: Francis Xavier Holden | 19 July 2006 at 10:50
Almost, FX:
"ok - anyone else need to make a statement? Well, grab a bucket first."
Posted by: Tony.T | 19 July 2006 at 23:22
5. Say "Lick it up or you're expelled, worm!"
After all, there's children starving in Africa.
Posted by: Clem Snide | 20 July 2006 at 01:02
"Anybody else want a turn on the electrodes? Thought not. Guess you'll all be paying bit more attention in class now, right?"
And "up chuck" is definitely more disgusting. It's a stronger reminder of how your gorge actually physically rises during such uplifting moments.
Posted by: Nabakov | 25 July 2006 at 20:36
Sigh. Ohh, for the good old days.
Posted by: Tony.T | 26 July 2006 at 11:34