Substitute Teachers

Substitute Teachers

Substitute teachers can be very annoying.

There are people in the world that substitute for your real teachers. These people do not need teaching degrees and probably do not understand any of the technical things your learning about but they act like they know everything about your class and boss you around.

These people can either be fun and enjoyable or they can be a real pain. Like when you get a teacher who doesn’t know what to do and totally messes up and you never see them again which is mostly in math. Then again you could get a really nice teacher who is good at teaching and they are your sub for like half the year.

There are also lunch lady substitutes which you really don’t see a lot but when you do it’s like somethings different and you don’t know what because even though you don’t really look at her and the only real conversation you had was why you forgot your lunch money.

Then the dreadful P.E. substitutes. Normally there are 2 or 3 teachers and when only one is out and you you still have the other it still good because the other can just help if things go well wrong. But when both are out it’s like and horror show and things get worse by the minute. But of course the exception is those really nice teachers that let you do pretty much anything  but can be strict when needed.

Overall substitutes are a refreshing, and wierd start, middle, or end to a day.

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Karen Gross, posted this comment on Mar 31st, 2009

Just wondering how old you are. I noticed that you added me as a friend – I hope you like my work.

If you have read much of my stuff, you might know that I have been a teacher, and an occasional sub. While it’s true that we might not be up to date on the particular topic your class is studying, subs need to be certified teachers.

The most significant factor in whether your sub will be friendly or “bossy” is the cooperation of the class. Cut us some slack. A sub is usually called at 7 in the morning, has to rearrange all her plans for the day, arrange for a babysitter if she has small children, and hopefully get to school early to look through your teacher’s plans, if she/he left any. Then we have to spend a day with kids whose names we don’t know, trying to find the stuff that the teacher was using; while students spend the day trying to get away with telling the sub that the class actually ends 10 minutes before the schedule says it does, and that yes, the teacher lets them play games on the computer instead of doing their math.
Sorry that I started ranting there. It’s just that it would be great if students put themselves in our shoes.

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