Are the kids alright?
It's interesting having a new educational lens with which to experience life. Once a graduate student....how long will I still act like one? I feel like my education has just begun. Being a substitute teacher seemed like a hardship when I was jumping through the hoops to land this $12/hour job. And if you think students can be tough on teachers just try being a sub. I am a non-person, a place holder. Well, the job itself isn't so bad but when I first started the process it was (and still can be) quite trying. First off, the sub system is on an automatic dialing system. Since I was a new sub, I was at the bottom of the pile. I didn't get a call for the first week. Then, when my phone starting ringing with assignments, it did so at 5:30 in the morning! Yup, subs get calls from 6 at night until 10pm and again from 5 in the morning until 9am. I woke up in a frantic frenzy and one time I couldn't even operate the key pad and get my sub number dialed in before th