has anyone ever been a substitute-teacher?
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I have subbed. We have a small school so I know around 1/3 of the kids. The subbing is okay, but the fun part is how much the kids come to love you after only one day! They want your attention, and whenever they see you in the hallway when you are subbing another class they'll holler "Hi Ms. XXX!"
And, no, I'm not one of those people that just loves kids. My own yes. Other people's are harder sometimes
Andrea
And, no, I'm not one of those people that just loves kids. My own yes. Other people's are harder sometimes
Andrea
I subbed for 5 years covering K-8th. I wouldn't dream of covering high school.
Our district has 3 elementary and 1 middle school. It was a lot of fun, I was doing it as a second job working 3rd shift as my career job. Some mornings were tough, thank God for caffiene.
When I was known to the teachers and they left me work to teach instead of showing movies it was a lot of fun. I got to know them quite well and would leave them notes and tell them how great their class was.
I had to step down because I couldn't separate myself parent vs teacher. I wound up having a major blowout with a principal over some harassment one of my kids was receiving that he felt was minor teasing and wanted to sweep it under the rug.
After I retire from job#1, I may consider teaching vocational education.
It is a great job. I still get kids sayin "Hi Mr LaVie" then I have to figure out, who they are and where I met them from. The trouble is, you never remember the well behaved kids, the ones who deserve to be remembered.
Dave
Our district has 3 elementary and 1 middle school. It was a lot of fun, I was doing it as a second job working 3rd shift as my career job. Some mornings were tough, thank God for caffiene.
When I was known to the teachers and they left me work to teach instead of showing movies it was a lot of fun. I got to know them quite well and would leave them notes and tell them how great their class was.
I had to step down because I couldn't separate myself parent vs teacher. I wound up having a major blowout with a principal over some harassment one of my kids was receiving that he felt was minor teasing and wanted to sweep it under the rug.
After I retire from job#1, I may consider teaching vocational education.
It is a great job. I still get kids sayin "Hi Mr LaVie" then I have to figure out, who they are and where I met them from. The trouble is, you never remember the well behaved kids, the ones who deserve to be remembered.
Dave