Subs

Subs...Fulfilling can never get enough of them, kids love 'em, teachers hate 'em...by now you know i am not talking about those tasty and delicious sandwiches they make at subway/cousins/jimmy johns/quizno’s/etc., etc., etc. now dont take this the wrong way, but there is something nice about having to be out of the school building this time of year, just as kind of a mental break from everyone's uptight edgy moods waiting for spring break...but is it really worth it in the end?...I hate not being in school, not because i love my job cant get enough of it, want to be here so badly i wake up in the morning with a smile on my face jumping out of bed almost ready to run out the door...anyone who knows me or has lived with me can attest to the fact that mornings are not my friend, but i would rather be in school than not for one simple reason...substitute teachers, i applaud most of them for getting paid next to nothing not knowing if they will work that day or not, but i said MOST...i hate leaving the building because no matter how many time i ask my principle for a particular sub on our schools list of 3...yes that’s a 3 as in right after 2, and right before 4...of our list of 3, one of them i do not want in my classroom while i am gone because it sets me back about a year and a half with the little progress i feel i have made here, regardless of being out of the building for professional development reasons where i am trying to better myself, my program, and my school, i still have to come back to a dump of a classroom when i have a sub, shouldn’t we screen these people...or at least require them to have some sort of classroom management skills?...I mean how hard is it to make sure some kids clean up some stuff and put it back in its proper place?...reading that statement though maybe its my problem and i have not properly taught these spoiled little children to clean up after themselves, and my cleaning up lecture a couple days ago wasn’t clear enough when i told them that “i am not here to clean up after them and if my room is found dirty they will spend a class period cleaning it until i am satisfied with the way it looks”...no, i don’t think that was clear enough, so in actuality it is my fault, i should possibly write all that down on my sub plans cause, "have students continue working on project, remind them of March 10th due date, have them clean up" isn’t clear enough for the sub to read out loud or enforce...perhaps i should just never be sick or try to better myself as a teacher during the school year cause it isn't good for my heart.

DISCLAIMER - if you are a good friend of mine that is a perfectly competent substitute teacher, i do not dislike you, i dislike your retired i just need to work so i have something to break up my day but can’t hear what is happening three feet in front me so i ignore everything i cant see or hear colleagues…

(I choose red to further emphasis my rage at this point in time)

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On a much happier note...CONGRATULATIONS to all my friends that have recently let it out that they are having babies...that is AWESOME!!!!!