soap box please

Being a substitute teacher can be a lonely business. There are perks, all the caring without the responsibility, you can leave when the bell rings and no grading or staff meetings. But you are also treated second rate, the work is not steady and the kids do not behave.


I regularly work at two high schools in town; a boys school and a co ed school. I have been with the boys’ school longer, know the kids better and can use the referral system effectively. There are a lot of old men that work at the school and when someone retires, which is not often because there are SIX teachers that have been there for 35 YEARS or more, they hire another old man.


The staff room is can be a tricky place, you don’t want to sit in someone’s seat but not get stuck with the other relieve that EVERYONE dislikes and then be forced to make small talk with him. The staff room at the co ed school is a much friendlier place to be then across town with the old men. The other teacher actually talked to you and asked you about you day, too bad I don’t enjoy the kids more. They are a tough group; don’t know how to manage girls very well. Boys are easy and most of the time they manage themselves. Awesome.


The pay is good, but never knowing if you are going to be working one day to the next is tiring. I would be even worse if I also had to worry about rent and car payments. It requires saving planning and lots of finger crossing that you will get some more work. Right now I need to work EVRY day til I leave to have enough when I get to America and avoid eating out of trash cans. Thou I fully intend on getting food stamps and raping the government of any other assistance they will give me.


I didn’t choose to be a substitute teacher; I was forced into it as could not get a job as a normal teacher. They ssaid they need science teachers, but I only had two interviews from the 80 CV send out. Wow, that sucked. They wanted someone with more experience, then why did you even bother interviewing me, it states clearly on my CV that I have just completed teachers college and have no experience as a classroom teacher, can you people not read. I drove over FIVE hours round trip for a 20 minute interview then to be told that I didn’t get the job. Thanks I just wasted a whole day.

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