At dismissal, about a minute before the final bell, students were gathered by the door as usual. The door opened briefly, I told them to close it and wait, and when the bell rang students left normally. There was no disruption, no visible injury, ...
At dismissal, about a minute before the final bell, students were gathered by the door as usual. The door opened briefly, I told them to close it and wait, and when the bell rang students left normally. There was no disruption, no visible injury, no blood that I saw, and no student (including the one involved) said anything to me or reacted in a way that suggested something was wrong. Two students even stayed in my room for another minute or two packing up after the bell. They also did not indicate that anything had happened. I only became aware of an issue after a colleague came by later and told me there was blood in the hallway. When I got home, I opened an email from my AP stating that a student had apparently smashed his finger in the door, that there was blood in my room (!? no there wasn't) and down the hallway into the nurse’s office, and that the student was sent to the hospital. The email also asked whether I was aware this had happened. What’s throwing me is that I had zero awareness of any injury at the time. No sound, no visible blood, no student reaction, nothing brought to my attention. From my perspective, dismissal proceeded completely normally. I’ve already responded with a factual account of what I observed (or more accurately, did not observe). I’m not speculating on how or when the injury occurred because I genuinely do not know. I feel, frankly, fucking awful that this happened under my apparent watch. I don't know what to do. I don't know if I should be blaming myself. submitted by /u/Stock-Persimmon4212 [link] [comments]
