due to being requested to NOT test my BG's or give insulin in the classroom. I had been working at the same elementary school for 12 years as a student supervisor for children in the age group of 9-12. The current principal / HR requested last Oct that in future I would have to vacate the classroom in order to perform these functions (which didn't occur that often - but did from time to time). I had just started on an insulin pump and had told them that injecting would not be an issue anymore - but that did not seem to make much of a difference.

Why after 12 years that this would be an issue to them is still puzzling to me to say the least.
The funny thing tho' is the children I were curious about what I was doing if they saw me (very rare). They were interested - and I felt happy telling them about diabetes - especially with some of having parents or grandparents who were diabetics. They also liked to "bet"

as to what my BG would be. With Type 2 diabetes occurring more in our youth - why hide in a closet?
I think the most

shocking thing out of this whole experience - is that HR / union president actually asked me to explain what diabetes was! To be in the education system and not have some sort of knowledge of diabetes just floored me, I did my best to explain to them in a nutshell about diabetes (I think they were being polite listening to me).
It was a hard

decision for me to leave - but the union president would not help me due to being only part time (I now have an aversion to unions). I and others have found it difficult to understand how a child with diabetes would feel in this situation at school (it devastated me as an adult) - having to vacate the classroom when they have to - rather then discretely performing these functions at their desk (as I did myself). To be singled out even more as being different is not fun for children! So for now - I am presently unemployed - and perhaps going back to school to become an RN - since after this experience - I want to become a diabetic educator.
Incase any of you are Montreal residents - this was at the LBPSB. Think seriously about where you send your children to for their education - I know I would!
Anna