Hello Everybody!
I just thought I would tell you about my day. I am a substitute and for the past two days (Thursday and Friday) I was at a charter middle school. Let me tell you that is not easy. The kids are big and very disrespectful. It's really hard being a sub because he kids don't consider you a "real" teacher. They feel like they can say and do whatever they want because the sub has no control over them. To a certain extent that is true. As a sub you are only at the school for a certain amount of time and the children don't think that anything serious will happen to them. The longer I was there the more I realized that either A) I needed a new profession or B) only sub at elementary schools. I like the school hours just not what I have to go through with the kids. I was in the school system for a couple of years as a reading tutor, but I was in kindergarten and 3rd grade. So needless to say I am not used to the older kids. There is so much that goes on in the school system. I could write a whole book on dealing with children that come from not so great backgrounds! My goodness I couldn't wait until 2:50 came. I just prayed my way through and hoped I could maintain a certain level of control until the end of the day. I was definitely crazy.
Till next time! :)
N'gungun
I just thought I would tell you about my day. I am a substitute and for the past two days (Thursday and Friday) I was at a charter middle school. Let me tell you that is not easy. The kids are big and very disrespectful. It's really hard being a sub because he kids don't consider you a "real" teacher. They feel like they can say and do whatever they want because the sub has no control over them. To a certain extent that is true. As a sub you are only at the school for a certain amount of time and the children don't think that anything serious will happen to them. The longer I was there the more I realized that either A) I needed a new profession or B) only sub at elementary schools. I like the school hours just not what I have to go through with the kids. I was in the school system for a couple of years as a reading tutor, but I was in kindergarten and 3rd grade. So needless to say I am not used to the older kids. There is so much that goes on in the school system. I could write a whole book on dealing with children that come from not so great backgrounds! My goodness I couldn't wait until 2:50 came. I just prayed my way through and hoped I could maintain a certain level of control until the end of the day. I was definitely crazy.
Till next time! :)
N'gungun
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