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[quote=Anonymous]An old-fashioned, traditional view is that adults have different privileges than children, have more choices than children, and is simply something that is earned in adulthood.  Rules are much more flexible for students now -in my school, they get a mid-morning snack as well as water bottles at their desks all day, which would have been entirely unheard of when I was in school.

You are exhibiting absolutely atrocious parenting to have told your child that what the teacher was doing was unprofessional.  Teachers have extraordinarily difficult jobs.  They are "on stage" all day but for a scant 25 minute lunch break and occasionally a 45 minute planning owriid which usually is a team meeting.  I know very few teachers who can actually take a real lunch period every day.  By the time they walk their kids to the cafeteria, get back to the classroom, check their email, put out any fires, and gather materials for their afternoon lessons, the time is up.

Maybe this teacher has low energy and relies on sweets to keep her fueled throughout the day. Maybe she is pregnant.  Maybe she is a food addict.  Maybe she is incredibly stressed by interfering, pushy parents who examine the minutiae of every day's interactions and who discuss her clothing, her greetings, and the contents of her daily snacks with their children at night.

There is nothing unprofessional about snacking in the classroom.  If the teacher needs fuel to be more energetic and more engaged, it is her business to fuel her body as she needs through a demanding, stressful, difficult day on the job.  Is she prepared?  Is she kind?  Is she engaged?  Is she teaching your child?  These are measured of professionalism.  How she chooses to feed hersel, in what quantities, and at what times are completely beyond the realm of your business.

I left teaching years ago to work in the software industry.  Everyone here keeps drinks at our desks, and many have candy dishes and stashes of sweets in drawers that we eat any time we choose.  No one is watching us all day.  No one judges out every waking move and reports it to others at night.  It is not unprofessional. My job is a million times easier and less stressful than being in the classroom.  And while I desperately miss the kids and the feeling that my work mattered, I din't miss the garbage nightmare parents like you, raising children who feel entitled to criticize and judge adults in their workplaces.

You can blame your bad judgment on your culture, but I really just think you are a nosy, intrusive busybody.[/quote]

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