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I'm teaching summer school again this year. It is my third year teaching in a credit-recovery program. These kids are with me because they failed their class the first time around. My class is MUCH larger than in the past. I've got 24 American history Read More...
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I "taught" high school biology today. This mostly consisted of showing movies. I found these adorable little guys sitting on a table in the back of the room. Read More...
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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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I subbed for a middle school math teacher today. However, during what would have been my prep hour, I had to cover for a middle school band class. The whole class period involved the kids watching the Original Star Trek episode, The Return of the Archons. 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 spent 3 days this week as a high school art teacher. The teacher's absence was very sudden and unexpected. I was left with instructions that pretty much consisted of, "keep working on existing projects. If someone finishes, have them start a new project 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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A few days ago I subbed for a seventh grade math teacher. There was a student teacher, so I expected the day to be pretty easy. It was still early in her semester, so she was a little green, but over all pretty good. In fact, the only real issue I had Read More...
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I had a life skills class today. Never heard of a "life skills" class? You might be more familiar with the term, "Home Economics." My sixth graders were working on advertisements for fictional products. They had a list of advertisement techniques, and 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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