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Friday was the last day for the Seniors at [City Withheld] High School. This is a school that I have subbed at many, many times, including a couple long-term jobs. This year's Seniors were Freshmen when I first started working there. This is the first Read More...
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I subbed today for a Social Studies/Gym teacher. Most of my gym classes today played soccer. I guess this was injury day. One girl pulled a muscle in her leg. One girl twisted her ankle. Two boys tried to catch the ball with their face. Luckily there Read More...
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I subbed today in a senior English class. We watched Mary Shelley's Frankenstein . At the same time, there was a strong thunderstorm going on. On more than one occasion, a climatic scene in the film was punctuated by a BOOM from outside. It was pretty Read More...
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I subbed in a business/computer class the other day. Computer classes might just be the single most boring class to sub for, especially when the kids are good. All day the kids sat silently and typed away. In fact, this may have been the most interesting Read More...
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Today was exciting. I excepted a job posting to teach high school US History. When I arrived at the school this morning, I found out that, despite what the job posting said, I was only getting a half day's work (and pay). Something similar to this happened Read More...
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Last week I had two separate assignments as history teachers. During both of those assignments I was asked to sub for a gym teacher on what would have been a prep period. The first day I was in a very large class being co-taught with another gym teacher. Read More...
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Yesterday I subbed for a high school biology teacher. It was the last day of the trimester, and two of the four class periods were taking an exam. About 10 minutes into first period, when all the kids were silently working, the feeder crickets in the Read More...
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I recently subbed for a band director. I had both middle school and high school classes. The middle school band got to watch a movie. The picked The Land Before Time . A large number of them (mostly boys) laughed loudly when Littlefoot's Mother died. Read More...
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I subbed in a brand new school today. The place was huge. After the secretary took me to my classroom, I was worried that I would never find my way back to the office. I also had to take the kids down to the library for my first class. Since I had no Read More...
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I was a science teacher today. Not the same teacher I mentioned in my last entry. Part of today's lesson involved going over homework. This involved having kids come up to the board and writing out how they solved various physics problems. The teacher Read More...
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I had several random students walk into class today and start distracting kids while they were working. This actually happens all the time in this district; often enough that I assume it must be "normal." Each time I would just boot them out. So, when Read More...
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I found the following item sitting on the teacher's desk. Poke (base) ball He had a rubber shark with a laser pointer taped to its head hanging from the ceiling. The kids told me he has an armory of Nerf swords locked in a cabinet. I don't know this guy, Read More...
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I have just finished the first week of the August secession of summer school. The program ran for three weeks back in June, and I've now got two more weeks left in August. I have about twice as many kids this time; 11 instead of 6. I've got four different Read More...
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As I mentioned in a previous post, I am once again working as a summer school teacher. It is a credit-recovery program, for kids who failed the first time around. The summer is broken up into two 3-week blocks; one now (June) and another in August. This Read More...
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Sorry that I haven't updated in a while. A couple weeks ago I subbed for a music teacher. I had classes ranging from 4th grade all the way to high school concert band. It was supposed to be an easy day. Classes either consisted of videos or study hall. Read More...
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