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In Demand

2013-05-20T20:31:00Z

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)

A History/P.E. Teacher

2013-05-15T00:05:00Z

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)

A 12th Grade English Teacher

2013-05-01T01:54:00Z

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)

A Business Education Teacher

2013-04-12T02:27:00Z

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)

A US History Teacher and a Special Ed Teacher (plus a BONUS rant!)

2013-04-11T05:36:00Z

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)

A Pretend 7th Grade Band Teacher

2013-03-27T03:44:00Z

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)

A Pretend Gym Teacher

2013-03-27T03:33:00Z

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)

A High School Biology Teacher

2013-03-09T17:06:00Z

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)

A High School Art Teacher

2013-02-24T20:05:00Z

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)

A Band Director

2013-02-09T17:58:00Z

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)

A 7th Grade Math Teacher

2013-02-06T20:09:00Z

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)

A Middle School Life Skills Teacher

2012-12-20T23:50:00Z

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)

A High School English Teacher

2012-11-30T00:45:00Z

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)

A Physics Teacher

2012-11-16T21:04:00Z

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)

A High School Math Teacher

2012-10-31T00:41:00Z

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)