Comments on: NCBI ROFL: Study proves elementary school bathrooms unpleasant.

By: Jen B

Jen B — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 00:25:43 +0000

The filth, I think most of us can teach our kids to work around. The bullying, however… I still recall the few horrible incidents from grade school, and have a few qualms as I send my twins off to kindergarten next week. Thank G-d their day is only 3.5 hours!

By: Old Rockin' Dave

Old Rockin' Dave — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 15:42:41 +0000

No, let’s have local school board meetings where people can get up and talk about how in their day school toilets were awful and they turned out okay anyway, and how can we spend money improving the toilet situation when there are so many other pressing needs, and let’s cut administrators’/teachers’ salaries to pay for all this. And let’s have balanced discussions on CNN: “And now in support of dirty toilets, John Potts, a spokesman for the Porcelain Coalition, a group which claims dirty toilets are good for children’s health.” And let’s not forget the Pee Party, which will claim that bathroom cleanliness is stressed in Muslim societies, so any attempt to improve the toilets is another socialist step to imposing Sharia law on us.
Face it, filthy school toilets have been a fact of life for many decades now, and just haven’t been on anyone’s radar, or this would be a non-issue. I put up with it, you did too, but children are fairly powerless. Now that we are grown and could conceivably raise the issue, we have other things to think about. If it takes some standards to improve things, so be it.

By: Ivan

Ivan — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 14:59:40 +0000

CONCLUSION: European standards are needed for school toilets in order to prevent children developing problems such as constipation, urinary tract infections and incontinence.”
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Oh yes! And the Ministry of Elementary School Toilets to enforce them!

Do parents have any say in all of it? Does not matter! Mighty EU bureaucracy will take care of everything!