I must say DCPS employee, you are multi-tasking son-of-a-gun. You better be careful, your IMPACT score will make you the envy of your school. Can you share with us non-believers; what do you do between 3:15 dismissal and 3:30 end of your work day? Give us a breakdown on those 15-minutes of total freedom, please.

Anonymous wrote:Well, to be fair to OP, the teacher is supposed to provide "sight and sound" supervision of kids that age per licensing so she should actually not be sleeping, reading or otherwise engaged.

but personally, it wouldn't bother me if she surfed the web or read as long as she remained in the room.

You don't know what other adults are in the room or how they coordinate true breaks. You can quote licensing requirements but there are state labor laws that require breaks and also bathroom breaks....what of the teacher was using the bathroom? OP is off her rocker!

This is OP. I am not posting from work. I'm posting from a Starbucks in upper NW while my nanny takes my twins on a walk in their double wide, as they sip organic milk. I've allowed Nanny to drink a latte while she strolls them. She came in here 10 minutes ago and I permitted her to order while the less busy barrista manned the stroller. Of course, she paid for the latte herself; while strolling my progeny, she has too much free thinking time and I only find it fair to dock her earnings.

Believe me?

If this was such a "real" problem then I think so many of our issues would be solved.

Well, to be fair to OP, the teacher is supposed to provide "sight and sound" supervision of kids that age per licensing so she should actually not be sleeping, reading or otherwise engaged.

but personally, it wouldn't bother me if she surfed the web or read as long as she remained in the room.

Anonymous wrote:If no one posted on DCUM during work hours, Jeff would have to find a real job.

+1

Pp here, excuse typos, typing on iPhone....from work....in the bathroom!! Lol, just kidding on the last part, but you really are a skank OP

OP you sound like a horrible, horrible person. I really hope that you don't or didn't have a nanny. I can't imagine working for you. Then to find out you're posting from work too? You've got some nerve lady!!! I don't care of my kid's teacher goes online, smokes a cigarette (and I'm not a smoker), eats, facebooks, or texts during her break. You've got some never trying to talk down on a TEACHER and tell her how to run her day. What a BIT$&!!!

Ditto.

Way to point fingers, OP, when you are supposed to working! What are you doing on DCUM??

And who are you? Have you ever tried to organize or clean around a room full of 18-22 3 and 4 year olds on cots (I'm picturing my child's classroom) and NOT wake them up? If it's my child's teacher, this is her break time - she has nearly no time off scheduled in her day. That she chooses to browse DCUM while my child is sleeping is of no care to me. I do the same when it's nap time on the weekend. I hope you are as conscious of your productivity as you are of hers.

If no one posted on DCUM during work hours, Jeff would have to find a real job.

Good Lord, OP. Teachers are salaried, not paid by the minute. The reason for this is so that they don't need to keep track of all the stuff they do that's not 8:30-5--answering parent emails, researching classroom materials or projects, networking with volunteers... So in fact, the teacher in question isn't wasting your tax dollars by posting during naptime.

I am the President of the United States posting from the White House (it is MY nap time so I let Michele take over for a while).....

Believe me?

You already posted this message so I don't know why you think it needs its own thread. But, you are posting from work yourself. Don't you think teachers should get the same privileges you do? I really hate the negative attitude so many here have toward teachers. If someone spends their day with 3 and 4 year olds, I don't blame them for taking a few minutes for adult interaction (even if it is with adults who frequently don't act their age).

Someone just posted this:

"I am a DCPCS employee, posting from a DCPCS preschool. (It is naptime and my kids are asleep)"

I hope that this not true and someone just posted this to make everyone angry. But, if it is true, then.... here comes my rant...

Just because the kids are asleep doesn't mean that you are NOT on the clock. You are still getting paid by OUR DC tax dollars. So, get off of this website and do something in your class. Go organize. Go clean. Go DO SOMETHING. Are you sure they are all asleep?