~67 Year Old Arrested!~

Wow I guess she did have a big attitude problem and I guess she deserved what she got from treating the kid badly. For a 5 year old treated like that is supposed to be very traumatic and that should never be done to them no matter how bad the kid was.

I wonder what the story is behind that incident... Might be that the boy brought a sack lunch from home, didn't like its contents, and tossed it into the trash--after which the teacher retrieved the bag and forced him to "Clean your plate because there are starving people who'd be glad to have your wonderful lunch!" If I were the teacher, I would have retrieved the bag from the trash can (unless it was open and mixed with the trash) and suggested that a better thing to do might be to swap items with other kids--or even just share the items if nobody wanted to swap. Far better than wasting food. What I would be concerned about the most was in letting the mother of the boy know that he wasn't eating his lunch so that she might be aware of the situation and, perhaps, pack items in his lunch that he liked more. I don't believe in forcing kids to clean their plates--especially, when they aren't responsible for serving choices and serving sizes. However, I would also teach kids not to waste food (e.g. taking out more than they're able to eat when serving themselves), and I'd also be concerned about children who consistently throw away their lunches because that could be a sign of an eating disorder. For whatever reason she did it, this teacher made a poor choice when it came to disciplining this child. If the food were bagged up and wrapped up, that might be one thing, but food that has touched garbage isn't even sanitary to eat. She needs to think of other ways to discipline her students.

I don't know why she is still a teacher at 67 years old to start off with, but what she did is wrong and she should not be a teacher any longer that is for dog on sure. It is just disgusting.

Hi gwoman2 This really unexpected from a teacher.How could she do that.After all she is a teacher. Her work to teach children how to be a good man.But now i am thinking that she should entitled her name as a student in the class 1. Am i right..

Ech! this is disgracefull. I read a few articles on it but nothing too complete yet. If this is exactly the case, than not only should he not be allowed to conintue teaching, he should be tried. What the hell is wrong with people???

I'm not familiar with this story but it sounds disgraceful to say the least. As a Teachers Aide I often see kids throw their lunch away or forget and not bring theirs. Our cafeteria provides a free lunch for these kids. If they still do not eat we never force them to eat but we do give the parent a call to inform them that they have not eaten.