Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

Education

CRK7376

(2,205 posts)

23. As a retired NC High School teacher

Reply to Jilly_in_VA (Original post)

Sun Apr 21, 2024, 09:44 PM

Apr 21

One of the best things about retirement from school is now I can go to lunch with my wife or spend 30 minutes at home and not worrying about the kids coming back to my classroom or skipping the last period of the day....25 minutes was our lunch time. Just enough to wolf down a sandwich or nuke leftovers from home. hit the bathroom before the kids come back to class and sometimes run off a few extra copies of assignments or missed work from the previous day the kid was out sick etc...I can't imagine a kindergarten kid not being able to talk during lunch...but then it is NC and not the brightest lightbulb in the pack.....Save us from these idiots!

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

23 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Why are kids being forced to eat lunch in silence? [View all] Jilly_in_VA Apr 5 OP

My guess is somebody in authority wants to get the kids used to being watched bucolic_frolic Apr 5 #1

Missing CloudWatcher Apr 5 #2

I subbed at a school that had a 25-30 minute lunch. Phoenix61 Apr 5 #3

One of the points of kindergarten is peer interaction/ social skill acquisition. Irish_Dem Apr 5 #4

Play, unstructured and structured is the most important developmental task for children kindergarten age dlk Apr 5 #5

My mother, an experienced preschool educator, was hire to consult for an "underpriveledged" preschool MadameButterfly Apr 5 #8

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing again and again, but expecting different results dlk Apr 6 #18

Play is so important. MontanaMama Apr 5 #10

So which is it? Biophilic Apr 5 #6

The goad is to create obedient automatons who are incapable of thinking for themselves dlk Apr 6 #19

I'm sorry, but this is just plain sick; snot Apr 5 #7

But hey the school might be able to score higher on some kind of measure IbogaProject Apr 6 #21

Do not question the rules, just obey or you will regret it. School. twodogsbarking Apr 5 #9

Same kind of thing with my kids decades ago. If the lunchroom talking got too loud, pnwmom Apr 5 #11

Sounds like a Republican idea of 'freedom' to me. louis-t Apr 5 #12

This trend of turning kindergarten into a full day sitting at a desk doing worksheets has gotten totally out of hand. ShazzieB Apr 5 #13

It takes me that long just to open and assemble my Lunchables JoseBalow Apr 5 #14

And for a five year old??? PatSeg Apr 5 #15

So they make it impossible for the kids to interact socially at luinch time. patphil Apr 5 #16

I teach in an elementary school AwakeAtLast Apr 5 #17

Then Jilly_in_VA Apr 6 #20

15 minutes for lunch especially at that age is insane IbogaProject Apr 6 #22

As a retired NC High School teacher CRK7376 Apr 21 #23