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  • Sep 26, 2007, 06:32 PM
    Marzapan741
    A teacher in my school eats chalk
    Is that safe? Wth. I never heard of this.
  • Sep 26, 2007, 06:35 PM
    GlindaofOz
    Like as a snack? Is it your science teacher? Science teachers tend to be weird... :)
  • Sep 26, 2007, 06:40 PM
    Marzapan741
    HAha yes it's a science teacher! How did oyu know?

    Haha is that safe ? I mean.. its chalk..
  • Sep 26, 2007, 06:42 PM
    GlindaofOz
    I'm pretty sure chalk is non-toxic. Does he eat it to make a point about rocks or something? I remember my 7th grade science teacher used to lick one of the rocks because it was made up of salt. It was really weird.
  • Sep 26, 2007, 06:44 PM
    Marzapan741
    Hahaha how odd. Yea here's a salt bulding in some place and people lick it!

    Hm I'm not sure, I never had her for a teacher but that is some freaky stuff there
  • Sep 26, 2007, 06:48 PM
    GlindaofOz
    Yeah that's pretty strange. I guess everyone has to have something weird about them right? So her thing is eating chalk.
  • Sep 26, 2007, 06:50 PM
    J_9
    If it is an obsession it is called PICA

    Quote:

    Pica is an appetite for non-nutritive substances (e.g. coal, soil, chalk, paper etc.) or an abnormal appetite for some things that may be considered foods, such as food ingredients (e.g. flour, raw potato, starch). In order for these actions to be considered pica, they must persist for more than one month, at an age where eating such objects is considered developmentally inappropriate. The condition's name comes from the Latin word for the magpie, a bird which is reputed to eat almost anything. Pica is seen in all ages, particularly in pregnant women and small children, especially among children who are developmentally disabled, where it is the most common eating disorder.
  • Sep 26, 2007, 06:57 PM
    Marzapan741
    Oh PICA, I heard of that once.

    Ty.

    :)
  • Sep 26, 2007, 06:58 PM
    J_9
    Hun, this may not be what your teacher has, but it is an idea.
  • Sep 26, 2007, 07:18 PM
    cal823
    And I thought my teachers were weird... what, does the teacher actually sit there with a bit of chalk and eat it in front of the class?
  • Sep 26, 2007, 08:27 PM
    Fr_Chuck
    Yes I had a special person in my life, who would do something similar, sort of strange but we all have issues I guess.
  • Sep 27, 2007, 02:26 PM
    Marzapan741
    YEa some more then others :p


    OH I don't know I never had her as a teacher but everyone tells me she is a chalk bitter.


    GNAW GNAW GNAW GNAWWWWWWWWWW
  • Oct 15, 2007, 08:17 PM
    gallivant_fellow
    Thanks for letting me know that a teacher at your school eats chalk. You just made my night:)

    I can't imagine how anyone could ever enjoy doing this, but it sure can't be too healthy!
  • Oct 16, 2007, 04:19 PM
    Marzapan741
    Lmao- it makes me want to try

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