Lost and Found
Since 2018 I have been a substitute teacher off and on. I loved day to day subbing because I could jump in for a seven hours and be a ' Mary Poppins' type character for the kids - fun and loving. Over the years I have attempted 3 long term sub positions - all ending in my complete exhaustion. However in day to day subbing, the kids have less time to figure me out, or calculate my weaknesses, hence taking advantage of my good nature. I being, too nice would often said 'YES' to almost all their requests. I have come to see that as a Sub you simply have to say ' NO' to nearly everything they ask. I often ponder, "What happened to the kids that just did what they were told when a teacher walked into the room?" Maybe it never was that way, but it's what I seemed to remember. Yet every time I taught, I learned something new about the job and about myself. One teacher recently told me that teaching today is equivalent to an Army Commander going into ...