Lunchtime Conversation 3
When my son was in elementary school, the lunch room monitors would roam the cafeteria.
If they judged that a table was talking too loud, they would start shaving minutes off of recess.
This makes that look tame:
No one was hurt, but the principal of St. Rose of Lima School explained in a letter to parents that if the lunchroom is loud, staff members cannot hear a child choking.
And for all that the reason sounds compelling, I have to think there’s something more going on here. After all, there doesn’t seem to have been a rash of cafeteria choking incidents in elementary schools.
Except perhaps here.
Looks to me like another case of grown-ups blowing it and penalizing the kids.
But what do I know? I’m 400 miles away messing with a computer.
January 26, 2007 at 8:37 am
Sounds like an excuse to me, to enforce quiet. But what do I know? My “baby” is 26 years old.
January 27, 2007 at 6:45 pm
Actually, I agree with you. And my “baby” (Second Son) is 18. The oldest is going on 28.
Damn! We’re getting
oldalong.January 28, 2007 at 1:42 pm
My oldest is 34, & I’m still not quite old.