Ah, substitute teaching…
Last week, I got called in four out of five days. I imagine I would have gotten called in for Thursday as well, but I chose not to work so I could be there for my roommie. I worked today, and got a call for tomorrow.
I should have done this a LONG time ago.
I’ve also made sure that I will get back on one more sub list…a rural district that is the highest paid in WNY, and possibly has English/ELA openings for next year. That is a good list to be on, I think…
Ummm…anyway, I’ve pretty much reaffirmed that I like middle school better than high school. As I mentioned, I had a couple of seniors with attitude problems on that first day.
I *love* subbing classes with teaching assistants/student teachers. My second two days were for 7th grade English, in a class with a student teacher. When I was a student teacher, I had one day where my cooperating teacher had to be out, and I taught the classes. The sub was just there to back me up. That’s nice…not terribly interesting for the sub, but nice. 😉
Also on Monday, I noticed one of the girls crying in the hall on the way in to class, and I listened as her friends rushed up to comfort her…it seemed her boyfriend had just broken up with her. Schmuck couldn’t even wait until after school, apparently. I remember how much that sucked…you’ve just ended this relationship that seems like it’s your entire world, and you have to face that person every. single. day. Ugh. Poor kid…
On Wednesday, the seventh graders had a noun worksheet, on which they had to answer a bunch of questions about themselves. One of the questions was What is your favorite singer/band?
Most of the answers were typical…Usher. GreenDay. Simple Plan. Jessica Simpson. Ashlee Simpson. *shudder* But I saw a few that surprised me. Pink Floyd. Metallica.
And…um…Scott Celani. (certain people will understand why that’s amusing to me…heehee)
On Friday, I entered the land of the unknown and did a half day as a gym teacher. Whee! It really wasn’t that bad.
And can I just say two words…cafeteria duty. Aieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! I’m pretty sure cafeteria duty is one of the levels of hell.
So yeah, keep those positive thoughts coming…with any luck, this will lead to something permanent, or at least semi-permanent. 🙂