Anonymous wrote:If the teacher is otherwise teaching your kid, this is such a minor thing in the grand scheme of things. Why you would tell your child that his or her teacher is unprofessional is beyond me. Maybe the teacher is diabetic. Maybe she's newly pregnant. You are in for a long long road if this bothers you. Also remember that your kid might be exaggerating how often the teacher eats. If it happens twice during the day, your kid might feel like it is all day.

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Let it go. You really don't know why she is eating or if it as frequent ad your child reports.

Anonymous wrote:I am the earlier poster who wondered if our kids have the same teacher. To be fair, she does have a medical issue that I have heard can be helped a bit by caffeine.

No, different grade and different name.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

How many languages do you speak? Do you frequently post on the Internet in a language that you are not a native speaker of? Do you base your assessment of somebody's intelligence on their command of written or spoken standard American English?

I'm not the OP.

Yes, I do judge someone's intelligence based (in part) their command of whatever language they are attempting to speak in most contexts (such as this one). Poor grammar/presentation is deemed "unprofessional" in many business and social settings.

I speak three languages, and I'm currently on a job post in a European country in which many people speak several languages correctly. I don't frequently post on the internet in my "non native" languages, but I do frequently speak, send emails, and attend meetings in those languages. The (multilingual) people I know here became fluent in several languages because they work a lot harder at it than most Americans I know, and they don't disregard grammar rules, etc. The American phenomenon of the helicopter mother doesn't exist here, and there is an entirely different attitude about education.

I am OP, and English is my 4th language. We are not in a business setting here. Sorry if my grammar (or lack of it) offends you, but it was obvious from my first posting that English is not my first language and if it is really bothers you, please just pass this topic. It seems to me that most of the people understood what I was talking about and shared their opinions.

Multilingual Europeans (and I am one of them) learned the language from the early childhood. I speak, read and write fluently in those languages. However, I learned English after 25, and this is the best I can do. Thank you for your opinion on my intelligence, thought

Your conclusion of me being a helicopter mom is totally wrong. I raised high schoolers and never have to deal with teachers before. All this happening in elementary school, and I really didn't know if I should address this or let it go.

I am the earlier poster who wondered if our kids have the same teacher. To be fair, she does have a medical issue that I have heard can be helped a bit by caffeine.

Could have been a couple years back I had an issue with nausea and the only thing that worked was frequent nibbling on candy and sipping on a drink.

Maybe OP, just have a word with her. Nicely. Explaining maybe you are just curious why your daughter is asking about snacking at home while it is ok for the teacher at school to snack. See what she says. Be prepared for repercussions too if she is really unprofessional as you say as she could take it out on your daughter.

Depressed carb addict. Probably on an SSRI.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

How many languages do you speak? Do you frequently post on the Internet in a language that you are not a native speaker of? Do you base your assessment of somebody's intelligence on their command of written or spoken standard American English?

I'm not the OP.

Yes, I do judge someone's intelligence based (in part) their command of whatever language they are attempting to speak in most contexts (such as this one). Poor grammar/presentation is deemed "unprofessional" in many business and social settings.

I speak three languages, and I'm currently on a job post in a European country in which many people speak several languages correctly. I don't frequently post on the internet in my "non native" languages, but I do frequently speak, send emails, and attend meetings in those languages. The (multilingual) people I know here became fluent in several languages because they work a lot harder at it than most Americans I know, and they don't disregard grammar rules, etc. The American phenomenon of the helicopter mother doesn't exist here, and there is an entirely different attitude about education.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't think there is anything odd about someone snacking at work.

Snacking at work and eating candy and drinking soda all day are different. Plus we are not talking about someone sitting at their desk all day. We are talking about someone who is leading a class and likely front and center, teaching all day.

Actually I think that eating candy and drinking soda all day at work exactly is snacking at work. What else would it be?

Anonymous wrote:I don't think there is anything odd about someone snacking at work.

Snacking at work and eating candy and drinking soda all day are different. Plus we are not talking about someone sitting at their desk all day. We are talking about someone who is leading a class and likely front and center, teaching all day.

OP. I agree it is strange that she would be eating all day while teaching the kids. Especially as she seems to be making unhealthy choices. I think it is rude and unprofessional but I would NEVER tell my child this. Regardless of age it is rude to eat in front of others without offering some sort of reason as one of the teacher posters mentioned she did. For example I have had days where I have meetings from 10-4 so I might bring my lunch with me to one meeting. Typically at any give 12 or 1pm meeting you might see someone eating b/c they have no other time to do it. The others and I will always apologize and say "sorry back to back meetings all day". But that said I don't know anyone who snacks their way through meetings all day long.


As a PP said I think you need to chalk it up to as a quirk of the teachers and hope DC doesn't have her again.

Not sure what you could say without being "that" mom.

I wonder if our kids are in the same class. Does the teacher's last name start with a K? 4ht grade? If so, we have bigger problems than her soda habit.

Anonymous wrote: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.

How many languages do you speak? Do you frequently post on the Internet in a language that you are not a native speaker of? Do you base your assessment of somebody's intelligence on their command of written or spoken standard American English?

I'm not the OP.

I don't think there is anything odd about someone snacking at work.