Archive for the 'Substitute Teaching' Category

When I was a substitute teacher I hustled. My goal was to impress as many people as possible in as short a time as possible. I’d heard being a substitute was an excellent way to get your foot in the door of a district. That may be true, but substitute teaching might […]

I went into the middle school thinking I had a cake Social Studies assignment that I’d discussed with the teacher the night before. Give a quiz, watch a movie, collect the work, and work on my grad school homework while the kids worked. It was supposed to be a beautiful day.
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