Sixers are into chewing gum right now. A few weeks ago I was handling these transgressions by pointing at chewers while screaming wildly at the top of my lungs, "School Rule Breaker!" That was fun for awhile, but only had short term effects so now I'm just pretending I don't notice. In theory I don't care about gum chewing, but in reality I hate it. I have to see the gum rolling around inside of open mouths. It seems unseemly. Thursday, February 01, 2007
The Gum
Sixers are into chewing gum right now. A few weeks ago I was handling these transgressions by pointing at chewers while screaming wildly at the top of my lungs, "School Rule Breaker!" That was fun for awhile, but only had short term effects so now I'm just pretending I don't notice. In theory I don't care about gum chewing, but in reality I hate it. I have to see the gum rolling around inside of open mouths. It seems unseemly. 
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This was such a HUGE devisive issue at one of my schools. We even had a staff vote on whether it should be allowed or not. The "nots" won, but it continued to be brought up all year.
My thoughts...I have so many other things to worry about, then to take the time to make sure they're not chewing gum. At one of my other schools it was making sure the kids tucked their shirts in. Who cares!!!!! Apparently my principal did. And it took up SO MUCH class time to deal with the defiant little cretins who refused to tuck in their shirt.
Yeah, we should just hand out gum at the door probably. and hats.
let's take the mystique out of these stupid regulations.
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we had a no gum rule at my last school, too, and i found it to be a royal pain. i never noticed the gum or cared. well, i did care if i saw the gum in the mouth, but i didn't care if they were chewing.
the gal who taught next to me DID care, and would march into my room during class and point out the violators and make them spit it in the garbage right then and there.
I guess those people have to be successful at something in their lives.
jw
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