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Agreed! I ask teachers to truly ask themselves if they are doing what's easy or thinking outside of the box to do what's right for the kids. The job takes a lot of energy and it is an honorable profession in my opinion because kids today need teachers who can model how to be respectful, responsible, and be social/good communicators. Because the job is difficult does not give anyone a free pass to make up rules that are not in the best interest of children. I certainly hope there are no assigned seats for lunch in the teachers lounge or silent time...

Curious? Do you think teachers deserve a duty free lunch? I taught school for years without a duty free lunch. No other job requires this.

Not sure how this fits into this conversation and will comment anyway....I think before resigning oneself to a teaching position, one should look into the expectations and realities of the job. Teachers do deserve a duty free lunch to be ready to finish the day. This is certainly something a person can look into at the location in which they are considering working to see if it is a reality.

Agreed! I ask teachers to truly ask themselves if they are doing what's easy or thinking outside of the box to do what's right for the kids. The job takes a lot of energy and it is an honorable profession in my opinion because kids today need teachers who can model how to be respectful, responsible, and be social/good communicators. Because the job is difficult does not give anyone a free pass to make up rules that are not in the best interest of children. I certainly hope there are no assigned seats for lunch in the teachers lounge or silent time...

Curious? Do you think teachers deserve a duty free lunch? I taught school for years without a duty free lunch. No other job requires this.

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Anonymous wrote:It is ridiculous to cut down / cut out talking at lunch. What is wrong with the public school system? Kids DO NOT come first in this scenario and that lame excuse that talking keeps them from eating is a ruse to make it seem as if the students' nutrition is REALLY what the concern is here.

There are teachers on this board who say they have never experienced this, so obviously some schools are able to manage with the talking.

Agreed! I ask teachers to truly ask themselves if they are doing what's easy or thinking outside of the box to do what's right for the kids. The job takes a lot of energy and it is an honorable profession in my opinion because kids today need teachers who can model how to be respectful, responsible, and be social/good communicators. Because the job is difficult does not give anyone a free pass to make up rules that are not in the best interest of children. I certainly hope there are no assigned seats for lunch in the teachers lounge or silent time...

There are teachers on this board who say they have never experienced this, so obviously some schools are able to manage with the talking.

Factors:
Time allowed for lunch
Number of kids in cafeteria

These are not uniform. Some schools with lots of trailers have huge lunch attendance. Think about it. Cafeterias having to feed twice as many as planned.......

Anonymous wrote:It is ridiculous to cut down / cut out talking at lunch. What is wrong with the public school system? Kids DO NOT come first in this scenario and that lame excuse that talking keeps them from eating is a ruse to make it seem as if the students' nutrition is REALLY what the concern is here.

There are teachers on this board who say they have never experienced this, so obviously some schools are able to manage with the talking.

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Anonymous wrote:

1521 here. Kids aren't stupid. They learn how to both eat lunch and talk with their friends during a lunch period.

I taught back when teachers were required to be in the lunchroom. Long time ago. NO duty free lunch. Believe me, some kids do not eat their lunches in 20 minutes.

Seriously, they will eat when they are hungry. Any child that is starving will eat. The others who are clearly not starving because they are talking may get hungry later. Life lesson for the next day... The socializing should be happening. Period. Parents need to find out if this is happening in their schools and speak up!

Agreed. I know there are some kids that do more talking than eating, but they manage to survive. They end up filling up at breakfast and afternoon snack. They hunger for free social time with friends more than food! Their days are so regimented at this point, I don't blame them. I would fight this if it were my kids' school.

^^^^^and blaming the school!

Seriously, they will eat when they are hungry. Any child that is starving will eat. The others who are clearly not starving because they are talking may get hungry later. Life lesson for the next day... The socializing should be happening. Period. Parents need to find out if this is happening in their schools and speak up!

LOL! The parents will be complaining because the kids come home hungry.

Anonymous wrote:

1521 here. Kids aren't stupid. They learn how to both eat lunch and talk with their friends during a lunch period.

I taught back when teachers were required to be in the lunchroom. Long time ago. NO duty free lunch. Believe me, some kids do not eat their lunches in 20 minutes.

Seriously, they will eat when they are hungry. Any child that is starving will eat. The others who are clearly not starving because they are talking may get hungry later. Life lesson for the next day... The socializing should be happening. Period. Parents need to find out if this is happening in their schools and speak up!

1521 here. Kids aren't stupid. They learn how to both eat lunch and talk with their friends during a lunch period.

I taught back when teachers were required to be in the lunchroom. Long time ago. NO duty free lunch. Believe me, some kids do not eat their lunches in 20 minutes.

1521 here. Kids aren't stupid. They learn how to both eat lunch and talk with their friends during a lunch period.

Anonymous wrote:

It is ridiculous to cut down / cut out talking at lunch. What is wrong with the public school system? Kids DO NOT come first in this scenario and that lame excuse that talking keeps them from eating is a ruse to make it seem as if the students' nutrition is REALLY what the concern is here.

I agree--but it is a matter of logistics. The time is very limited and the kids do need to eat.

I agree that it is wrong to cut out talking at lunch. Kids need to learn the social skills involved with eating and talking to people during meals.

If there was assigned seating or no talking at lunch I would complain to the administration/teachers.

It is ridiculous to cut down / cut out talking at lunch. What is wrong with the public school system? Kids DO NOT come first in this scenario and that lame excuse that talking keeps them from eating is a ruse to make it seem as if the students' nutrition is REALLY what the concern is here.

I agree--but it is a matter of logistics. The time is very limited and the kids do need to eat.

It is ridiculous to cut down / cut out talking at lunch. What is wrong with the public school system? Kids DO NOT come first in this scenario and that lame excuse that talking keeps them from eating is a ruse to make it seem as if the students' nutrition is REALLY what the concern is here.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Also, since the schools are so crowded--remember every trailer means an extra lunch session--there really isn't time for the kids to chat. If they are chatting, they don't finish their lunches.

I worked in a school that did this. Kids had exactly 20 minutes to get and eat their food, so keeping socialization to a minimum was very helpful.

Wow that's depressing

It was.