Earlier this year I was in one of my graduating classes for a review. In class a girl asked to go to the restroom, but the teacher refused her. But the girl politely asked again, and he said no again .
A few minutes later she said she had an emergency, and he still refused her. The teacher was clearly annoyed, so when the girl asked again about 5 minutes later if she could go out because she was just having an emergency, the teacher barked menacingly: “No.” Then the girl stands up and everyone looks at her and she just drenches in red with embarrassment, but tells the teacher, in front of the whole class, that she’s menstruating and literally needs to use the restroom.
At this point, everyone looks at her dumbfounded, and the teacher, after a moment’s pause, tells her to sit back down, and still won’t let her go. Everyone in the class was embarrassed, but then one guy (who looks like a soccer player) stands up and says, “Do you have a wife? Didn’t you grow up with your mom or your sister? She got her period and needs to go to the bathroom and she’s going to go there, whether you let her go or not.”
He then walked over, took the girl by the hand, and took her to the restroom. When they came back, the teacher accused them of misconduct and suspended the boy. I’ll never forget that day.
The damn soccer player turned out to be a bigger man than the teacher because he stood up for her and stood up for her. A lot of guys at school aren’t even old enough to say the word “period,” and he did so much more than that.
