I bookended my three days in elementary (Tuesday was in a mentally impaired classroom) with middle-school jobs at the same school. Monday I subbed for a specialty teacher who teaches a course about cultures. I am not sure what it entails, but is a separate course from the normal history/social studies courses. Being a specialty […]
Continuing in the soap opera theme of a couple of posts ago, I have one to share from my own experience on Thursday. I didn’t even have to adjust the title to fit as it works well just as it is- they are of course young, and they were quite restless. If anyone knows about
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In a tale of adventure about an archaeologist a substitute teacher from Indiana Illinois (yes I know he was named for a dog, not a state 8) ) a secret organization steals the famous Rosetta Stone and holds it hostage until a billion dollar ransom is paid… Okay, not really. In fact this post really
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While we’re on the military theme (see last post), I should mention yesterday. I subbed at the school with the ELL troubles, right next door to that very room. That was enough to turn a bad day into a much better one, in other words- no problems. It was all eighth grade this time, and
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The regular reader knows just what letter to place in the title parentheses to complete the picture of my day today. Some time ago I wrote about an experience at a school that left me passing over certain assignments for the next year. A couple of months ago took the challenge and subbed for that
School Picture Guy- a recurring guest star in Lincoln Peirce’s comic strip Big Nate, a strip nearly as old as the Simpsons. He doesn’t appear much these days in his primary role meaning I had to go back to 2007 to find this one, skipping past roles as a deejay and a news photographer. But
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Well, I have been on the early shift for the last couple of days and I just have to say that that, coupled with my tendency to not sleep through the night, makes for one tired teacher. Yesterday I had it easy. I left to a temperature outside over 40º colder than it was the
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To butcher a line from a Weird Al song about Yoda (which parodied a song called Lola), but if it fits… This was my fate Thursday when I accepted a PE job at a middle school. This was every bit as unexciting as it sounds. There was a yoga instructor two double-classes of eighth grade
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The first job I selected for the fourth district I am now in may still be coming, but the second job was a two-day job for 8th grade language arts. It was at the school where I know a few of the kids from my church. As it turns out the school is only about
Wednesday was one of those specials days. That is, subbing for a gym teacher. But first, let me talk about the days before this one. Monday, I took a full day job at one of the furthest schools from me. It was a bit of a mixed bag as well as a slight disappointment. I
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