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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Middle school teacher here. Over the years, I have had several instances of kids eating or drinking in class when they were not supposed to be doing so. Each time this has happened, I have just asked them to put it away (I try to do this somewhat quietly/privately so as not to draw other students' attention to the issue as I have found a lot of times the kid breaking the rule is just seeking attention) and tell them that if I see them eating again, I will take their food away. Out of the probably 5 times this has happened, only once did I have to follow through on taking the food away. In that case, I told the student to hand the food over to me and I sealed it (a bag of chips) and put it away in my desk drawer and told the student he could have it back at the end of the school day (didn't want him to get it right after class and then take it out again and get in trouble w/ it again in another class).

If the student had tried to argue with me about the food or refused to hand it over when I asked, I would have simply written him up and sent him to the dean's office. I would not ever try to forcefully take food away from a student and I also would not throw their food away because I feel that would make the student angry with me, which would then make the student less likely to want to follow directions/rules in my classroom. I don't need to create tension in interactions with students and as much as I may like to just throw their food in the trash can when they are deliberately breaking a rule like that, I think that kind of action is going to create tension/a power struggle between teacher and student, which is typically not a good idea.[/quote]

10:22 here. Thank you. this is by miles a much better approach than just throwing the food out just because you can.[/quote]

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