Have you ever been with a substitute?

[Littlefinger]

It kind of feels like they don't know what they're doing. Thank God they don't usually stay very long before the real thing comes along.

 

[parodyluvr75]

The Who wrote a song about them.

 

[FGB]

Yes.

I arrived for a date ten minutes late and she had left with some other dude.

So I substituted her sister for her.

Just wasn't the same.

 

[unregistered]

 

[Littlefinger]

Well, I was a substitute...and I've been with myself many times, so that's a yes.

*raises hand* Ms. Jelly, I don't want my real teacher to ever come back!

 

[Not Normal]

I was a substitute teacher for 2 terrible years.

 

[CandiCame]

Why does everybody hate being a sub teacher? Every time I do it by the end of the class everybody's like, "Can you be our real teacher?"

Last year I had a class for three months while the actual teacher was giving birth. They were kindergarteners and apparently took it upon themselves to make me little pictures and stuff when I left. It was adorable.

I fucking hate high school tho. I will strait up murder me some teenagers. They're constantly trying to fuck you and getting angry about the fact that YOU ARE AN ADULT or trying to physically fight you, or just all kinds of other stupid shit. Nothing pisses me off more than going to the bathroom and there's somebody fucking smoking in there. Because 1: The bathrooms are locked so how did you even get in here and 2: YOU THINK I DON'T WANT A FUCKING CIGARETTE!? FUCKING FUCK YOU! If I can go 8 hours and not smoke you can go 8 hours you entitled little shit. I had a 14-year-old kid chewing tobacco in a class once. Fuck. That. Shit. That's nasty as an adult but do that shit in my classroom I want to fucking strangle you until you swallow it.

But stay away from the teenagers and it's just adorable. Little kids love me. From 4-13 they're great. Seems like as soon as they walk through the doors of a high school they turn into these weird sex-crazed, redneck, otaku little emotional time bombs.

...not looking forward to that with BiteSize. God knows I was a little shit emo teen. God only knows what she'll be up to.

 

[unregistered]

 

[CandiCame]

Candi, my preference is opposite yours. 1 day in a K classroom did me in. After that I avoided k-2. Since most subs in my district felt, at least somewhat, like you, I easily avoided the younger grades and worked with teenagers for the better part of my years spent subbing.

I've noticed that people who are scarey can deal better with teens. They have to fear you. The little bitties just have to like you. I can be likable. I can't be intimidating. Most teenagers are bigger than me and know I have no power over them.

 

[unregistered]

 

[Queersetti]

The Who wrote a song about them.

They look pretty tall, but their heels are high.

 

[Queersetti]

Why does everybody hate being a sub teacher? Every time I do it by the end of the class everybody's like, "Can you be our real teacher?"

Last year I had a class for three months while the actual teacher was giving birth. They were kindergarteners and apparently took it upon themselves to make me little pictures and stuff when I left. It was adorable.

I fucking hate high school tho. I will strait up murder me some teenagers. They're constantly trying to fuck you and getting angry about the fact that YOU ARE AN ADULT or trying to physically fight you, or just all kinds of other stupid shit. Nothing pisses me off more than going to the bathroom and there's somebody fucking smoking in there. Because 1: The bathrooms are locked so how did you even get in here and 2: YOU THINK I DON'T WANT A FUCKING CIGARETTE!? FUCKING FUCK YOU! If I can go 8 hours and not smoke you can go 8 hours you entitled little shit. I had a 14-year-old kid chewing tobacco in a class once. Fuck. That. Shit. That's nasty as an adult but do that shit in my classroom I want to fucking strangle you until you swallow it.

But stay away from the teenagers and it's just adorable. Little kids love me. From 4-13 they're great. Seems like as soon as they walk through the doors of a high school they turn into these weird sex-crazed, redneck, otaku little emotional time bombs.

...not looking forward to that with BiteSize. God knows I was a little shit emo teen. God only knows what she'll be up to.

The down side of subbing for me was that I am a great stickler for being prepared. Going into a classroom to teach a subject that I wasn't strong in, using a syllabus I didn't create on short notice never sat well with me. Luckily, I didn't do it long before I got a full time position.

I loved teaching teens. I never found them particularly hard to deal with. Just throw a little blood and gore into the history lesson now and then, or hint at some salacious details that they can go home and look up online, and they keep their interest. That's the key to it all right there, keeping them from getting bored.

 

[CandiCame]

Huh, you guys seem to have great experiences. The only conclusion I can draw from that is that I must suck. Which means that it can conceivably be fixed if I make an effort to get better. So, that's actually pretty great. How the hell did you only have 2 outbursts? I'll have 2 outbursts an hour...

 

[Not Normal]

Why does everybody hate being a sub teacher? Every time I do it by the end of the class everybody's like, "Can you be our real teacher?"

Last year I had a class for three months while the actual teacher was giving birth. They were kindergarteners and apparently took it upon themselves to make me little pictures and stuff when I left. It was adorable.

I fucking hate high school tho. I will strait up murder me some teenagers. They're constantly trying to fuck you and getting angry about the fact that YOU ARE AN ADULT or trying to physically fight you, or just all kinds of other stupid shit. Nothing pisses me off more than going to the bathroom and there's somebody fucking smoking in there. Because 1: The bathrooms are locked so how did you even get in here and 2: YOU THINK I DON'T WANT A FUCKING CIGARETTE!? FUCKING FUCK YOU! If I can go 8 hours and not smoke you can go 8 hours you entitled little shit. I had a 14-year-old kid chewing tobacco in a class once. Fuck. That. Shit. That's nasty as an adult but do that shit in my classroom I want to fucking strangle you until you swallow it.

But stay away from the teenagers and it's just adorable. Little kids love me. From 4-13 they're great. Seems like as soon as they walk through the doors of a high school they turn into these weird sex-crazed, redneck, otaku little emotional time bombs.

...not looking forward to that with BiteSize. God knows I was a little shit emo teen. God only knows what she'll be up to.

I hated the fact that you had no follow through or real authority. You weren't gonna be there the next day, and they knew it. You might run into the kid that acted like a little asshole in a day or two, or in a week, but you couldn't really demand they learn how to not be an asshole, like you can if you are their day to day teacher. Add to that either lack of plans, or ridiculous plans, and that freaking 6AM phone call, and I was freaking DONE.

I worked mostly jr High and Hish School. I didn't like the "hand holding" aspects of the lower grades, or not have a bell that rang to signify that it was time for something new.

I did like being able to say no, though.