Coming back from a day of nursing a cold I was delighted to see a long note form my sub praising the students from all classes for working on their labs effectively. I was nervous leaving the sub with a full day of labs, but it all turned out wonderful. Thanks to all students that did a great job.
My good feeling was only crushed by a brand new unopened box of fruit roll ups was stolen from my personal space in the classroom. This comes after a bag of gummi bears were also stolen last week causing my 4 hours of hard work preparing for this 3 day lab to go down the drain. I’m not upset that a box of candy was taken, but I’m upset that one or more of the students (yes, I’m going to say a student or students) decided it was alright to take something that did not belong to them, and worse yet it was something to support the learning of all students. So this one student or several students has stolen the educational learning opportunity of all the classes just for a fruit roll up??? Now, I’m convinced that this student or these students need help. I’d rather see this person get the help now that they need to remember what morality looks like. Finally, what about the students that benefited from this theft? What about the students that saw the theft and did nothing to stop it? Aren’t they just as guilty?
Update: Two students came forward to inform me of which student took the candy and which students received stolen items. So what now?
To those of you that took the time to read this post, why do you think a student took the box of candy and was willing to risk suspension in the process? What do you think the consequences should be if the person is caught? What do you think is the real problem behind this petty theft?
