I work with students and observe a lot of really nasty stuff done by the students that parents would never believe their little angel would do. Kids have A LOT of attitude these days, and the first thing some of them come back to you with is,"I'll have your job" when you try to tell them something they have done is unacceptable-even if they are blatantly wrong, e.g. beating the stuffing out of another student behind the teachers back(true story). Some of them use bathroom breaks for mischief. And a lot of parents refuse to believe their child may have been wrong. I am in a highly rated private school where most of the kids are well behaved. Imagine a more street smart school. I think the 14 year old may have peed in the bottle to prove a point, and could have held it. But the teacher also should have let him go. Teachers have it really hard these days, and unfortunately, some of the ones that are left are the ones who are less apt to be patient. Please don't flame me, but I am there in the trenches, and I see how these kids are. They are nothing like what we used to be, and they burn out the really good teachers. I hate to villify the teacher without knowing the students behavior background. And I also speak as the parent of teenagers, one of whom had a medical condition that required him to have bathroom access. I just made sure the school knew his condition, and they always were very good with him. I would be upset if he did not get access and something happened, but I also get what these teachers are dealing with.