Student Refused Inhaler Because She Forgot Part Of Her School Uniform

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26. And this is why I never take collateral.

I have colleagues who take collateral for pencils, pens, whatever, and for some, it's a shoe, others it's something important like a wallet or keys. It has to be something that the student will miss. I always think, though, of situations in which it could be a problem--I have the kid's shoe by my desk when the fire alarm goes off, or I have a wallet and the kid can't get home without a bus pass, etc.

Nope. Too big a liability.

I will say this, though: the student had to have offered her inhaler. I doubt the teacher has a "I'll only take your important medication as collateral" policy. It's probably more like "I'll take whatever you consider important as collateral," and the student stupidly offered her inhaler. She shouldn't have offered, and the teacher shouldn't have taken it, let alone refused to swap it out for something less critical for life.