Good for the brave girl and the class for persisting. Now to insist on hearing what the teacher got when she contacted the sub. An apology would be too much to hope for, of course. . . .

Nance

On the 3rd day, at the beginning of class, one brave little girl asked the teacher, “Can we talk about how the substitute screamed at us?” At first, the teacher thought the girl was misusing the word “screamed,” but then the rest of the class confirmed what happened. Fortunately, the teacher was rightfully upset and promised to contact the woman.

And, Meg, I meant the whole thing is babysitting. Not only when there is a substitute.

But I do not have a good attitude about the whole school thing. I even encouraged DD to stay home yesterday. She was exhausted and just needed to sleep.

She went back today and, apparently, missed nothing.

Nance

“Wait til your father gets home” is a stupid loser move as any sort of education, at home or at school . . .

The sub left a note for the regular teacher ratting the kids out. When the teacher confronted the children, they tried to defend themselves, but were told, “No Excuses.” Then they had to take turns confessing only the bad things they did.

Final score?

Sub – 0
Teacher – 0
Kids – 0
Music – 0
Hating School – Huge Blowout Win for all concerned

Do the movies have to be G-rated, as they do here? Girl still talks about having to sit through Air Bud once. :)

And, according to Girl, “it must be in their contracts that they have to tell their life stories,” which is made even worse when you don’t get the same sub more than once. :(

It really is and so far most of the teacher’s I’ve subbed for look at it that way. I’ve lost track of the number of movies I’ve shown etc….

OTH, I did sub for a High School chemistry teacher (half day so I got to meet her) who when I handed her my card and background description was overjoyed to know I could handle high school level sciences.

Her original plan had been for a test, but she knew the kids would have questions and so had delayed it rather than have the sub have to answer them.

Oh well. On my worst days I send them to the office for someone to sort them out and on my best days I get to read a lot…and they pay me.

I’m not going to do it long-term (I think), but for this year it works.

Nance

Polo?