So a funny thing happened today. As you know, I teach 6th grade, and if you remember anything about sixth grade it is an incredibly akward age where kids are all over the place maturity-wise. I have kids who act like they're in college...to kids who still cry at the drop of a hat because somebody stole his favorite new highlighter. I also have kids who are still wearing toddler clothes to kids that are almost as tall as me!
Anyway, so on MWF, I open my classroom during lunch for tutoring. The kids can bring their lunches into my room and eat before they start working on homework. About halfway through lunch, one of my boys comes up to me and asks if he can go to the lunch room to get lunch. I could have sworn that he had just been eating, so I asked him if he'd already had a lunch. He (with NO volume control) said, loud enough that everyone in the room stopped to listen, "my dad thinks I'm too fat and that I need to go on a diet, so he only packed me a salad for lunch and I'm STARVING."
So do I honor his father's wishes and make him eat what's in his lunch only, or do I let the boy eat??
I let him eat and he came back with a gigantic plate of food. I guess that I'm guilty of contributing to adolescent obesity. It's just that he was STARVING!
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4 comments:
sharpie,
you make me laugh. I say how could he be focused if he was STARVING?. so you probably did the right thing. Oh and I'm so glad you are posting again. I can't wait to see your etsy shop!
As a public health worker I have to say, "Shame on you!" If the little boy is fat the rest of his life it will be your fault. If the other kids make fun of him because he's fat that will also be your fault. If being made fun of by the other kids causes him to be depressed and have major psychological problems in the future that too will be your fault. How do you feel about your decision now?
Ahhh teaching. . . making about a million decisions everyday, it is just so entertaining isn't it? I need to start writing down the funny things my students say and do because I laugh at the time but then I just forget about it by the end of the day and I don't get to share it with anyone. Thanks for sharing!
I would have told him he could go get more food as long as gave me some of those yummy mashed potatoes and gravy. Man I loved that stuff.
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