- Kids are basically the same everywhere.. there are jocks, there are kids who pick their nose when they think no one is looking, there are the girls that are sweet and helpful and the girls who look sweet but are mean, there are the class clowns and the flirts and the good kids and the kids that make you glad you are a teacher. Yep... kids are essentially the same everywhere.
- Sub plans are usually very very boring
- Learning student names help a lot
- Utah class sizes are ridiculous (I had one teacher say, "this class is a little rough because it's large." There were 21 students in that class. My average class size in Utah was 38.)
- I wonder if Alabama was affected by the recession... Small class sizes... every student has a laptop
- Is it normal for every student to have a laptop?
- It feels good to be in a classroom. I belong there
- It feels awkward to be a in a classroom that isn't mine
- Knowing how to run a classroom and manage kids helps when you are a sub
- I don't care too much about the sub lesson because for the most part I can tell the teacher doesn't either. They just needed something to keep the kids busy. So I do the plan... but I let them talk or I let them write notes... they are happy and I am happy
- I don't like it when the students say, "yes Ma'am" because the students that do are those Eddy Haskells.. the students that are polite on the outside but are really mischievous.
- Being pregnant helps me look older. Other teachers realize that I am the sub... not a transfer student.
- I realized I should have done more book work when I taught. It is a good skill and it is a good activity for a sub but if you don't do it regularly, then it won't work with a sub. (Ashely, Allsion... do book work!)
- PE teachers have the easiest sub plans.
- OJHS air brushes their faculty pictures... that isn't so everywhere else.
- OJHS's tardy policy is amazing.
- Having a small faculty means a small school... but it also means that you know the entire faculty.
- OJHS is the best.
Monday, October 18, 2010
Lessons Learned from Substituting
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You make me want to go back to school and be a teacher...
And, it sounds like you are subbing at a good school. If you were at a ghetto school you technically still could be a transfer student with your pregnant belly ;)
I totally relate!
Best part of this post was about our airbrushed photos!!!
In my experience EVERYONE in the south says yes ma'am. Its the way they were raised. (At least in Georgia.) It does take some getting used to though. I doubt they are trying to mock you. :)
ditto ditto ditto ditto ditto ditto ditto ditto. The only things I can't ditto, probably mostly because I don't know, are the comments about OJHS. :) I think I'll just copy and paste this to my blog, since it is EXACTLY what I was thinking. :)
Remember how once upon a time, you were MY substitute at OJH? Yep, things were different then. You weren't married, you weren't PREGNANT, and you weren't living wherever-the-heck-you-are! You're definitely right though. OJHS is definitely the best
So, Cameo, I subbed at middle school today for the first time since student teaching. Wow! What energy! Granted, it was Friday, and also their first dance of the year was right after school. They were fun, though. I can see why you love this age group. :) Good luck with the baby! We're so excited and happy for you guys!
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