Ask a teacher when was the last time they had lunch just to have a break rather than combining lunch with tutoring students, grading papers, or meeting with colleagues. Indeed, almost 40% of American workers felt that they were not encouraged to take breaks for lunch, and almost 20% reported that their supervisors would think that they are less productive if they took a lunch break. There is thus a deep irony in an administrator demanding that teachers give up their lunch time to listen to a presentation

