I really didn't realize that this was abnormal. The teacher's aide that was in charge of monitoring student lunches while I was in elementary school could have easily been a stunt double for Hitler, as she seems far more vicious. I'd say that 4 out of 5 days a week we were "in trouble," and couldn't speak above a low whisper during lunch -- and we only got away with that because the principal wouldn't let her outright ban talking. I really don't know how she manages to sleep at night... she ought to fear for her life, given the hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of students that still wish her an early death.