The first week of school is not even over with and I am dealing with the gum issue.  I love chewing gum just like the next person.  I also know there are benefits of chewing gum.  I understand that chewing gum can benefit concentrations and test scores.  But, I am at the point the negatives outweigh the positives right now.  I am finding gum stuck to desks, lockers, tables, and other assortment of places.  I have wrappers littering the floors of the hallways and classrooms.  I have students interrupting classrooms to see if they can blow their gum bigger than their friend or who can pop it the loudest.

I wonder what other educators and schools think of this?  But, for now, I have to ban gum.