Update

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What a week.

I subbed 4 out of 5 days last week, which was very, very good. I’m pretty sure I could have worked the other day, but I had a doctor’s appointment. Two days, I was in for the same teacher. Most of the classes were fine, but there was one that gave me some trouble…playing a little game of “break the sub”, I’m sure. Gah.

Friday was my first day in a new school. It went very well, but I was pretty much just giving tests all day. The kids were SO good, I couldn’t believe it. I really hate the first day in a new place, though, because there are things that no one tells you…like where the bathroom is, and that you need a key to get into the faculty restroom. Oh, and this…at lunchtime, I needed some utensils. The room I was in was right across the hall from a small cafeteria, so I figured I could just pop in over there. I walked in, got a strange look from a cafeteria aide, and poked my head into the serving line. I asked a student to hand me a fork and knife. I got a spork. No kidding. A spork.

I walked back into the office where I was having my lunch, and decided to go back and see if there were some chips, or some fruit or something. The same cafeteria aide again looked at me strangely.

“You’re better off going to the staff cafeteria,” she said. It seemed as if she was annoyed with me for being there.

“Um, okay. Where is that?”

“You’re looking for a fork, right? They don’t give the kids forks.”

Okay, but see…no one told me there was a staff cafeteria. So you really don’t need to be all annoyed with me. Just tell me where it is, for crying out loud. And what’s the deal with the sporks? Were they having problems with the forks? Was there a freak fork accident? *Grumble*

Over the weekend, Rand and I traveled to St. Marys for my friend Kim’s wedding. It was very nice, and good to see everyone. Unfortunately, I didn’t take any pictures.

I’ve gotten a bit behind on my email, so I apologize to anyone I haven’t responded to, or haven’t been in as much contact with lately. My schedule is making it a lot harder to keep in touch, especially since I can’t check email while I’m working during the day. Feel free to keep in touch with me via comments. 🙂

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  3. Maybe they just have sporks so they only have to buy two types of plastic utensils instead of three? Just plastic sporks and knives instead of spoons, forks and knives?

  4. 1- No talking while she was talking. Talking would result in an automatic “sluff” (unexcused absence)

    2-No leaving the room. Leaving the room would result in an automatic sluff.

    3-I can’t remember what the 3rd rule was, but if you broke it it was an automatic sluff.

    Unexcused absences required early morning make-up sessions (mostly writing an essay or doing chores around the school) that were entirely unpleasant.

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