My teacher wouldn't let me use the bathroom during a test. So I peed on her carpet.

The title makes me sound like some super cool rebel engaging in some sweet malicious compliance. No, in fact, I was a shy little beam pole struggling with undiagnosed ADHD and a bladder condition.

In seventh grade, my English teacher had a rule that if you didn't bring back your book you couldn't take bathroom breaks.

Let's ignore that having access to the bathroom is a right and not a privilege.

Okay? I was always a forgetful child. I've lost pencils, stuffed animals, jackets, glasses and much more from a very young age.

At the same time I was also a kid who would wet their pants and bed all the time.

Neither of these issues were properly addressed or diagnosed

until I was in my 20s. Still don't really know what the bladder thing is at 28 years old.

Needless to say, I did not do a great job of bringing my book in. During a test, I had the strong urge to go to the bathroom.

At that point in time, my urges were accompanied by a leak that made it through to my pants and did not leave a lot of time to hold it.

I walked over to her desk, keeping my skinny little thighs pressed together to hide the wet stain.

When I asked to go to the bathroom, I was given a firm, no. Now I was a kid that followed rules

religiously and was uncomfortable speaking up against authority figures so I

waddled back to my seat and tried to finish my test. There was a lot of squirming,

thigh squeezing, hand pressing and grimacing,

but none of it stopped the inevitable. Not only did I massively wet my pants,

but it filled the empty space of the plastic seat and dripped into a puddle that soaked into the carpet.

I thank whatever deity is out there that there wasn't tile.

The people around me would definitely have been able to hear it happen and I probably would have burst out into some very ugly crying.

Holding back tears I raised a trembling hand and had to whisper that I had an accident.

Her attitude did a complete 180 degreedegree backflip. She started fumbling her words as she worked out a plan.

I would hold on to my test at my desk and wait until the bell rang. The classroom would be empty for about 30 to 45 seconds

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