mice love snacks in classrooms.

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Middle schooler eating during class, clearly trying to hide food.

Curious what others think, and if it would change your opinion if it had been done before, student reprimanded, etc.

They are hungry, why not let them eat? Why wouldn't you let them?

it was good and he did not had to do that I miss my hot Cheetos and he crush it in front of my face

I guess we need context here. I assume if the food is obviously spoiled, but I can’t think of an occasion where food could be offensive or dangerous - other than edibles that contain drugs? I hope they’d call police to dispose of, not throw it out themselves.

I am reporting my teacher for taking my hot delicious cheetoes in trash and crushing them up in front of my eyes I feel violated and sad

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Middle schooler eating during class, clearly trying to hide food.

Curious what others think, and if it would change your opinion if it had been done before, student reprimanded, etc.

Kid is hungry. My kid's middle school allowed them to eat if they were hungry in class, so long as they were discreet. As a teacher, I've always done the same. Never had an issue with it. A kid that hungry can't learn anyway. In my opinion, teachers who forbid such things should change careers, maybe become a prison guard, but shouldn't be working with children. Or really teaching at all.

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Middle schooler eating during class, clearly trying to hide food.

Curious what others think, and if it would change your opinion if it had been done before, student reprimanded, etc.

Never throw out a kid's food. Food is a basic need. I would try to find out why they are eating in class. Do they routinely miss breakfast? Do they have low blood sugar? At my kids' school, children are allowed to eat in class if they're hungry and are encouraged to keep a water bottle on their desks. I would never want a kid in my classroom to be hungry. The only rule is that if they are making a noise eating or the food smells weird, they must eat at the back of the classroom.

Schools should be spending time teaching and not pretending to be the food police. if an item is considered 'not acceptable', teach them why and move along. It should never be the schools place to trash food. Schools are provided with government money. Use that money to clean instead of propaganda or books that are deemed offensive when read out loud to the Board.
here is a case that really disgusts me. I am willing to bet it happens more often than reported.

A Michigan substitute teacher has been fired after a preschool student claimed the teacher taped his mouth shut and threw away his lunch.

The substitute was “immediately released from employment” with the Crestwood School District in southern Michigan after a witness told school officials that they saw the assistant place scotch tape on 5-year-old Abdul Dannaoui’s mouth in March, the school district's superintendent said in a statement Wednesday.

The district said it reported the incident to Abdul’s parents and “other appropriate authorities,” but the boy’s family said the district failed to address the situation with adequate discipline and transparency.

Abdul said the March 26 incident happened in front of his classmates at lunchtime, claiming two teachers had prevented him from eating by taping his mouth shut as many as 10 times, his mother, Hoda Dannaoui, told ABC affiliate WXYZ on Monday.

Abdul, who attends the preschool program at Highview Elementary School in Dearborn Heights, Michigan, also claimed the teachers threw his lunch in the trash and laughed about it.

“I’m emotionally heartbroken. Disappointed. That’s his second home. That’s how they treat a child with asthma,” his mother said, adding that she plans to remove him from the school. “I am not afraid. I’m going to fight for my kid.”

The family said it filed a report with the Dearborn Heights police and plans to take legal action against the school district, their attorney, Nabih Ayad, told WXYZ.

The Dearborn Heights Department confirmed that it is investigating the incident.

Yes. I don’t know what the exact circumstances would be, but if a teacher couldn’t make this call, there can’t be any discipline.

Probably as a former teacher I’d be more likely to confiscate the food and give it back at the end of the day.

But basically parents freaking out about this sort of thing undermines authority. That doesn’t force teachers to be respectful of students (which they should be), it just ties the hands of the good ones and forces them out of the profession.

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Middle schooler eating during class, clearly trying to hide food.

Curious what others think, and if it would change your opinion if it had been done before, student reprimanded, etc.

I let my teenaged students eat in class. That was the policy at the high school I attended so it seems normal to me.

Anonymous wrote:away?

Kid could be hungry - why is that a crime? I remember that when I was a kid we were supposed to only eat at certain times but I was always growing fast (5'8" by 5th grade) and I was always starving. Sometimes to the point of being uncomfortable. I was rail thin too (like 5'8" and 95 lbs). What would punishing me have been good for?