by Brittany Rosenthal
It’s fourth period of the school day, and I still have a whole class to attend until lunch. My stomach growls and all that is on my mind is the time passing until I can fill my empty stomach with food. I have a granola bar ready for me in my backpack, but I can’t take it out because my teacher doesn’t allow eating in her class.
Studies show that people who eat throughout the day function better than those who do not. That’s why I think that students should be allowed to eat during classes. It’s hard to focus on class content when you have hunger pains and therefore, are in need of something to eat. It is unfair for students to have to wait until break or lunch to eat.
I have even seen teachers who do not allow students to eat in their classes eat their own food while they are teaching lessons. How fair does that sound?
All students should be allowed to eat food during class. Some students aren’t hungry for breakfast at 6 am, so they either skip it entirely or force food it into their mouths. If students could eat during class, they could wait for a more reasonable time to eat.
Students would be able to focus more in class and have energy throughout the day. Permitting students to eat during class would be much more tolerable for the students, and it isn’t too much of a big rule to change. When you gotta eat, you gotta eat.
FreddyFroFurger the Fird • Oct 6, 2009 at 2:35 pm
I agree with this article because I get up late so I sometimes don’t have time to eat breakfast
But I also kind of see it from the teachers point of view because they don’t want mice or bugs in their classroom. Also in Science they don’t want cross contamination with the lab equiptment and substances.
-FreddyFroFurger the Fird
Rachel S. • Jun 17, 2009 at 10:47 am
I completely agree with this. I love your last line “when you gotta eat, you gotta eat”. I have your math teacher, too. I have her first period. On the days when I don’t have time to eat breakfast, I get so hungry first period! my stomach growls and i can’t focus on the math. Being able to eat during class would help my focus immensely.
Jeff K. • Jun 16, 2009 at 1:24 pm
i agree with this article entirly. i find myself sometime in first period where i need to eat my bagel in a tight spot because i cant. i love to eat, its a passion, but as the day goes on my stomach wants more and more and the school lunches are either gross, or just not filling. if i could eat some snacks in class i would gladly have my mind more focused on class work. Although i do see from the janitorial point of view of teenagers dont pick up after themselves. we leave messes behind that attract rodent problems or insect problems. not to throw us all under the bus because some of us do pick up our trash, but the few in our school ruin it for some of us.
Emma • Jun 14, 2009 at 3:55 pm
I completely agree with this article. I think if a student is hungry then they should be allowed to eat during class. I didn’t realize there were so many teachers that made it a rule that kids couldn’t eat during class. Most of my teachers don’t mind if we eat during the class. I especially think it’s unfair for teachers to eat during class if they don’t allow their students to. You bring up a good point saying that students would focus and function better if they were able to eat when they felt hungry.