eating disorders and other gossip

According to the word on the street, I have an eating disorder. I love that. I guess that is all the teachers have been talking about lately. And it all stems from the fact that at the beginning of each of my English classes, I have to ask the kids, "how are you?" and they answer then ask me the same question. One day I answered, "I am hungry"...because, well, I was hungry. And the main teacher said..."why are you hungry, didn't you eat breakfast?" And I was like, "yes, but it was just an egg because I didn't have enough time." Another day I said, "no unfortunatly I didn't have time." Well that teacher has decided that these two answers mean that i have an eating disorder, so he has told each of the teachers that they have to keep an eye on me and make sure that I am in fact eating.....And we all know how much I love to eat lunch, so you can imagine how wonderful this has been. I mean for the last few days I have noticed at the middleschool that a lot of the teachers make a pointed attempt to see whether or not I have eaten everything.....Finally today, the subsitute computer teacher...who happens to be the only person who talks to me at this school, told me that was the rumor that is going around school. Yep, they think I don't eat. She thought it was funny, because everyday the two of us share candy and other food we aren't suppose to have at school...but because its kind of prohibited, she couldn't exactly tell them that I have a pretty healthy ability to eat. I guess the good news about this little rumor is that I will no longer hear that I am over-weight...(yea its true, my principal told me i was heavy and should try to lose some weight) Oh how I love gossip.

Of course the other bit of gossip that is circling the Elementary school that i work at is that I am having an affair with my supervisor. He's not much older than me (which is why I think they assume we are dating) but he totally creeps me out and he's married. I love how the teachers keep asking me how my boyfriend is then ask me when I'll be seeing my supervisor next. I guess this means that in the new year, I will have to enlist the help of some of the other JETs...one of them is going to have to pose as my boyfriend, take me out to dinner, where I will have to eat a buffet of food...just to show them that I am not dating my supervisor, nor do i have an eating problem.