Teacher's odd behavior

[Anonymous]

It would bother me exceedingly, OP, because these food choices are not a good example to give to young children. Teachers, whether they want to or not, model behavior for their students. So if she was snacking on carrot sticks, fine.
But candy and soda? No.

I would check with other parents, and if this behavior was verified, bring it up politely.

[Anonymous]

For how long has this been happening? And do you see what she is actually eating? Candy versus mints? Pepsi versus ginger ale?

I had to eat constantly throughout my pregnancy because of morning sickness. I lost 12 pounds while pregnant. No one knew I was pregnant until my 6th month because of the MS and weight loss.

More than once, in spite of these precautions, I had to leave my class to vomit. I was miserable.

[Anonymous]

What grade is this?

[Anonymous]

I would not say or do anything. If your kids grades go down because it is distracting then just email her that.

[Anonymous]

I'm a teacher, and sometimes events occur that prevent me from having a lunch break (ie, a student wants to talk to me about a problem/concern alone, a student has asked for extra help and this is the only time to do it, I am meeting with a parent, or there is an unexpected need for a meeting with colleagues). My students trust me, and I would rather give extra help to individual students who need it than send them out when I know they don't understand the homework or concept. I would rather take the time to listen to a teenager who trusts me enough to ask me to listen, especially when I know that some of my students do not have reliable adults who care about them at home.

When I don't get a lunch break, I will try to subtly eat my lunch at my desk during the part of a lesson in which students are completing a task at their desks, and I always explain to them that it is because I did not have a lunch break. I have more energy and am a more effective teacher when I'm not hungry. I love my job, but my schedule is sometimes unpredictable because teenagers are unpredictable. If you think I am unprofessional, you don't really understand the nature of my job or what it entails. Telling your child that I am "unprofessional" erodes your child's respect for me, and this impacts the learning process and creates an uncomfortable environment for your child and any of his/her friends who are aware of your (unprofessional!) methods of communicating with your child. The "professional" manner for you to air your concerns is to send me an email or come by for a meeting with me. I'm happy to meet with you or take the time to answer your email during my lunch break.

[Anonymous]

You have really undermined your child's relationship with his teacher but telling him she's unprofessional. Now, he feels obligated to tell you about every little thing she does just to find out how you feel about her. You have no idea whether his reports are exaggerated. Maybe she's pregnant, maybe she has a cold and is using cough drops and cold drinks to ease the non-stop coughing (like me this week), which as we know can last for weeks.

[Anonymous]

Pregnant?

And yes, don't tell your kid their teacher is unprofessional.

[Anonymous]

If you're meeting with a doctor or lawyer, it def isnt for 6-8 hour appt. if it were, s/he might be eating also.
Not sure why you felt the need to tell your child that the teacher's behavior as 'unprofessional' and 'unacceptable.'

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you're meeting with a doctor or lawyer, it def isnt for 6-8 hour appt. if it were, s/he might be eating also.
Not sure why you felt the need to tell your child that the teacher's behavior as 'unprofessional' and 'unacceptable.'

c'mon, we all know it's because of the junk she eats

[Anonymous]

You are really uptight, OP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
I explained to my child that what the teacher does is unexceptable and unprofessional. You would not expect to get an appointment with a lawyer, doctor, etc. who would be chewing a junk food while listening to you.

What would you do? I have never ever complaint to school about teachers before and don't really want to go above her. She is not bad teacher (not great, just OK).

For one thing, I wouldn't explain to my child that my child's teacher's behavior was unacceptable and unprofessional. And not just out of respect for the teacher; also out of pure self-preservation, because of the likelihood that my child would raise their hand in class, the next time the teacher ate candy, and say, "My mother said that your behavior is unacceptable and unprofessional."

+1. To my child, I might say, "Oh that's surprising. I wonder why." And that's the furthest I would ever go in criticising my child's teacher to my child.

[Anonymous]

Pregnant

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
I explained to my child that what the teacher does is unexceptable and unprofessional. You would not expect to get an appointment with a lawyer, doctor, etc. who would be chewing a junk food while listening to you.

What would you do? I have never ever complaint to school about teachers before and don't really want to go above her. She is not bad teacher (not great, just OK).

For one thing, I wouldn't explain to my child that my child's teacher's behavior was unacceptable and unprofessional. And not just out of respect for the teacher; also out of pure self-preservation, because of the likelihood that my child would raise their hand in class, the next time the teacher ate candy, and say, "My mother said that your behavior is unacceptable and unprofessional."

+1. To my child, I might say, "Oh that's surprising. I wonder why." And that's the furthest I would ever go in criticising my child's teacher to my child.

I would tell my kid it's none of her business what an adult chooses to do as long as it isn't directly harming someone else, and that my child needs to mind her attitude and stop gossiping about her teacher.

[Anonymous]

Thanks everyone for responses.
Its been going for several months, so I don't think it is pregnancy. I would not find it is appropriate even if she will be snacking on my type of food on the regular basis. It is not the type of food that bothers me, it is the manner of food consumption. My child is not craving candies, she just doesnt like sweets a lot (I would rather say she eats only limited type of sweets and completely ignores even Halloween candies), so this is not an issue.

The only reason I mention that it is a junk food just to clarify that it is not consistent with any medical needs that requires to consume food frequently. I don't really care that other people choose to eat junk. They are adult, and free to put in their body whatever they choose to.

To the teacher who posted above: what you are doing is totally appropriate and it is different from our situation. I totally understand that we all have to skip lunch for some reason and grab it wherever we have a chance. I think it quit different from munching on candies on the daily basis.

To lady who munches in cubicle: I think different rules of professional conduct applies for different profession. If you are not dealing with clients on the face-to-face basis, maybe it is OK to munch in your cubicle during the day. And yes, doctors do run from patient to patient for 8 (sometimes even more) hours non-stop. Just because doctor spent with you 10 min, doesn't mean that she will go to hang around for the rest of the day. Nevertheless, I've never seen one even snacking in front of the patient.

I don't know much about teacher's professional conduct, thats why I thought i will ask around first.

I really appreciate everyone's response!

[Anonymous]

If you admittedly "don't know much about teacher's professional conduct" and "will ask around first", then WHY have you already decided to tell your child that your teacher's behavior is "unprofessional"?

Also, your grammar ridiculously bad and this makes you appear unintelligent. Perhaps your own parents damaged your education with ill-informed, idiotic snap judgements of your teachers? You need to tell your child that you made a mistake. Then, teach him/her to respect teachers and education so that your child, unlike his/her mother, can learn to craft a grammatically correct sentence in the English language.