Elementary school teachers
in Students & Teens ·
Regarding the topic at hand. I don't take my kids to McDonald's, and I don't buy it for them—I don't eat that stuff, so why would they? If the teacher intended to buy that kid a famous McDonald's Happy Meal, she should have just paid for it herself instead of dragging him by the sleeve down the hallway asking if he brought any cash. Honestly, people allow some crazy things to happen. The mother did the right thing by packing sandwiches and water for the field trip, but then the teacher decides she needs to make a pit stop at McDonald's. I don't see any reason why students should be carrying extra money just in case there's an emergency involving McDonald's. Believe me, we aren't exactly printing money, and plenty of people don't have cash sitting around for nonsense like this when they need $6.75 for their bus fare to get to work the next day. This isn't the fault of a mother who didn't have extra money to give her child on top of his actual food; it's the fault of the teacher who created this situation. She has no right to pressure anyone into borrowing money. To me, this feels like coercion, and then she’s pulling a kid by the arm through the hall over $6.75 like it's the end of the world. If those $6.75 are so vital to her that she can't wait until the first bell to ask the mother directly, then why act surprised when the mother doesn't have $6.75 to pay for some junk food alongside his regular meals? ☕ She imposed her wishes on both the child and the mother, and she had no right to do so. Even if her intentions were good, it's beyond rude to corner a little kid in the hallway and grill him about $6.75 which clearly mean so much to her. And she has a steady job, unlike this mother, who is a single mom without steady employment. ☕ They could have just looked at what they brought, eaten their own sandwiches, and gone home. Personally, I would have thanked the teacher for her "kindness" and told her that if she wants to be so "generous" in the future, she shouldn't be chasing my kid down the halls because he didn't ask for it—she forced it on him. End of story.