yup…..the exam has to be in the best setting for the majority and most people require things to be quiet so they can concentrate. Why couldnt she pump before or after the exam?

I’m sure she could have pumped aroubd the exam

I see nothing wrong with what the student did at all. The fault lies with the person who was using the breast pump as there was no need for it during an exam when everyone is trying to concentrate.

Poor mumma.. tryna get an education with a baby so needing to express.. but it would be abit distracting to others..

I think she did the right thing. She didn’t accuse anyone, just said there was a noise. She has nothing to apologise for. The person using the breast pump should have sorted something else out or checked that it wasn’t going to bother anyone. I think if it had just been a regular class no one would have cared, but this was a Uni Exam and you need to be able to think clearly and have quiet around you.

I think there is not a time or place to do that.

The student did not know what the noise was and from reading the article it was disturbing a few people so probably would have been brought to the attention of the teacher sooner or later.
I don’t think I would have had the confidence to pump in a room full of people…so I applaud their courage.

Yes.I think student was right. She has right to report as it is important exam.

In all honesty I think there is a time and a place for these things and surely the student could have managed to not be pumping during an exam which would have only taken 1-1.5 hours or similar. I went out on a few dates with hubby when my kids were babies and didn’t bring the pump with me. Just not necessary! Pump after the exam.

It shouldn’t have even been a problem. The student who was pumping should not have been. It was a rude thing to do, and very distracting to the rest of the students in the exam. She was absolutely right to report it.

I do think it was not okay to pump during exams. I’m surprised it was allowed, but perhaps in this PC world, no-one wanted to do anything about it for fear of backlash. However, it was distracting and disruptive to many doing their exams, so that is not fair.

You didnt know! Also, it wont have messed up her schedule by having one session of pumping interrupted – that is an ignorant person just trying to make you feel worse.
the lady pumping should have asked beforehand, as the noise was obviously likely to be a distraction for everyone in the vicinity. You were distracted and impacted by the disruption, you didnt single the lady out or shame her. don’t feel bad.

I think it’s inappropriate to pump during a groups exam and clearly also distractive.. The lady who wanted to use the breast pump during exam time, should have asked permission to do so in a private room.

No, you weren’t wrong. You were not sure and the repetitive sound of that pump would have driven me nuts, especially when you are in a room sitting for an exam. When exams are on there should be quiet and obviously, there wasn’t and that is not considerate to you or your fellow students. So, you shouldn’t feel terrible at all, because you weren’t trying to get your fellow student into trouble, you just weren’t sure about the noise and were enquiring about what it was and where it was coming from. After all that, I hope you did well in your exam and got a great score.

That isn’t fair especially when your doing a exam it would put you off your exam and that’s not at all fair.

It’s tricky, we dont know the situation whether she had to right then and there and whether it was affecting her or causing discomfort. I think a little bit of understanding on all sides.

I would have got overwhelmed by the noise (I’m very sensitive to noise), so it’s understandable to react like that.

I find exams stressful enough without the extra added noise happening.
It was obviously disturbing a lot of other people. Honestly I think the lady doing the pumping really shouldn’t have been doing it in an exam.
Universities offer special considerations to those who need it. The woman could have said she will need to pump during the exam time and it can be noisy and quite distracting. The University probably would have allowed her to sit the exam in a classroom under supervision of a tutor.

That’s such a tricky one, but ultimately the students really deserve to be able to sit their exams without distractions.

I think so. I would have thought she lady concerned who had to use the pump, would do so before sitting for her exam. The pumping noise can be very disturbing if you have to concentrate on your exam paper.