Surprise. Shock. Embarrassment. Different ranges of emotions raced across face as the door to my bathroom stall burst open. Judging by her blood curdling scream, the color flushing from her face, and her widened eyes, my teacher was just as surprised as me. She quickly shut the stall door and began frantically apologizing to me. This was not the first time I had been walked in on using the restroom; in fact it was a common occurrence, and it was all due to the faulty locks on bathroom stall doors.
A quarter of the bathroom stalls in my high school have faulty locks, another quarter of the locks are non-existent. Stall locks are necessary for two main reasons; to prevent others from walking in on me while I am doing my business, and to prevent the two month avoidance of direct eye contact ensued after being walked in on, between the person that walked in and me. Every time the teacher that walked in on me and I cross paths, her body tenses and her pace quickens as she rushes to pass by me. I do not believe our relationship will ever resemble a typical teacher-student relationship.
I have created several alternative solutions for the stall lock problem including putting a rubber band around both ends of the lock, putting a pen in the place of the sliding lock, and holding the door closed with my foot if it can reach the door. However, when neither pen nor rubber band is present I have to depend on the hope that no one will open the stall door; this makes me jittery every time someone enters the restroom. The ultimate solution to the bathroom stall lock problem is for the school to fix them. This will provide the students with a safe, private environment for them to handle their business.
A quarter of the bathroom stalls in my high school have faulty locks, another quarter of the locks are non-existent. Stall locks are necessary for two main reasons; to prevent others from walking in on me while I am doing my business, and to prevent the two month avoidance of direct eye contact ensued after being walked in on, between the person that walked in and me. Every time the teacher that walked in on me and I cross paths, her body tenses and her pace quickens as she rushes to pass by me. I do not believe our relationship will ever resemble a typical teacher-student relationship.
I have created several alternative solutions for the stall lock problem including putting a rubber band around both ends of the lock, putting a pen in the place of the sliding lock, and holding the door closed with my foot if it can reach the door. However, when neither pen nor rubber band is present I have to depend on the hope that no one will open the stall door; this makes me jittery every time someone enters the restroom. The ultimate solution to the bathroom stall lock problem is for the school to fix them. This will provide the students with a safe, private environment for them to handle their business.