Gosh, how could the college think a crying baby would distract the other students trying to take an exam? How insensitive of them.

Mary Fischer of The Stir reports.

College Student Complains She’s Not Allowed to Breastfeed During Exams

A mom of a 10-month-old baby girl is upset because she was not permitted to breastfeed during a college exam at Florida State College at Jacksonville.

Rebecca Mabrey is an online student, but she still had to go to the campus to take an exam — and she was turned away at the door because she had her baby and a stroller in tow. The proctor of the test told her she could not have an infant in the classroom during the exam, because she might serve as a disruption to the other students.

That’s when Rebecca showed the proctor a copy of Florida’s Maternal and Infant Health Care law on breastfeeding — but she was still told that she would not be permitted to sit for the test…

I think the actual problem is that she showed up for a college exam — with a baby, for crying out loud. (No pun intended.) And I’m sorry, but babies have no business being in a classroom of college students who are trying to concentrate on their exams — something that could make or break their entire education based on how well they perform on them.

From the way Rebecca described what happened when she showed up at the exam, it sounds like she was actually turned away because of the baby — not because she planned on breastfeeding the baby. And thinking back to my own college days, I know I would’ve been really, really distracted if there was a baby in the room while I was trying to focus on a major test. I guess it wouldn’t have been so bad if the baby was sleeping — but can you honestly imagine being able to concentrate if she started to fuss or cry?

This reminds us of something. Thinking. Thinking.