Don'T Eat In The Classroom
The new question-of-the-week is: What are your recommendations for how teachers should handle students eating in class? Our students often seem like they are always hungry. The question of whether students should be allowed to eat in class is a complex one with no easy answer. While there are potential cognitive benefits associated with food consumption, these benefits must be weighed against the potential disruptions to the learning environment, the health and hygiene concerns, and the challenges of allergen.
1) It is a known fact that the majority of teachers don't want students eating during class. Whether it's because there are chemicals present in the room or that your teacher simply doesn't like food out during class, you can get into trouble. While some teachers are more lenient than others, eating during class isn't worth the risk of getting into trouble.
No Food In Classroom
The school nutrition association found that 60% of students in the U.S. getting food from school and having little time to eat in the designated lunch and brunch periods, a lot of students need to finish their food in class. Many teachers disapprove of this practice and have banned in-class snacking, but nevertheless, students continue.
Students eating in class creates problems because when. The biggest reason, according to most teachers, is that they don't want students to eat in their classroom because students make big messes with their food. Certain snacks can make big messes, but other foods like chewy granola bars, fruits, veggies, nuts, and fruit snacks are easier to clean up.
No Eating In Class
During class time, many students grow peckish. In some classrooms, teachers allow students to snack while learning. In other classes, there is a strict "no food" rule.
Eating in class has its benefits and its drawbacks. Is allowing students to eat in class the best thing to do or the worst? YEA: Lunch time is. That distracting noise can affect everyone in the classroom, and then at that point, you might as well just get up and leave the class since learning is out of the question now.
No Food In Classroom
Eating in classrooms during class time should not be allowed. There are some exceptions to this, of course. Students share and eat their snacks while others pay attention to the teacher explaining the lesson given.
Photo by Suzane Jlelati. By Jennifer Trend, Staff Writer Some teachers allow students to eat during class, but there are others who don't allow it. Eating during class has always been something students are aware of, and there are pros and cons to it.
"We do not eat in class." Here's an adorable classroom sign to remind students that eating in the classroom is not permitted. Free to print (PDF file). For those who do not allow food in the classroom, what consequences do you have for students bringing food into the room anyways?
