What a horrible experience. Sounds like an insane asylum. It is hard to imagine the freak show they are today. So glad my Grands are in private schools. You have been battle tested Sharine, you are one tough lady.
I would have never made it thru the first day. Our Daughter works at a daycare full time, she has great stories daily.
I did one year of substitute teaching 50 years ago in a small east Tennessee town. First, it was the little kids which wasn't awful, even though it was kindergarten and the first three grades in one giant circular shed-like building made of corrugated metal. Lice regularly made the rounds but I didn't catch any. Then they sent me to the eighth grade for a week. They handed me a large wooden paddle with holes in it (I think to make it sting) and told me not to hesitate to use it. Of course I left it alone, and everything was ok until Friday at 2:50 when the boys starting squirting red ink on each other and the whole room got out of control. I grabbed the ringleader, a pimply-face boy who had failed a year and was taller and bigger than me. I had never done such a thing before, but I figured it was time for the paddle! I brought him up to the front of the room and proceeded to give him 4 or 5 swats on his rear end. Suddenly, the room exploded in laughter as he straightened up, visibly aroused. I was at a loss at that point; luckily the bell rang. I turned down further requests to substitute. A hellish job.
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Geeeeezzzz...not exactly a ringing endorsement for substitute teaching. What madness! Not one person has been like, Yeah, what a great idea, you should do that! Mr Naive....
I guess it is a good thing they make it so hard to be a substitute teacher. Now I'm like, wtf was I thinking???
That was grim, I'm glad you could get out. My wife was a teacher from a family of teachers. It was a struggle for me at times having to live with her and the intense workload.
What a horrible experience. Sounds like an insane asylum. It is hard to imagine the freak show they are today. So glad my Grands are in private schools. You have been battle tested Sharine, you are one tough lady.
I would have never made it thru the first day. Our Daughter works at a daycare full time, she has great stories daily.
I did one year of substitute teaching 50 years ago in a small east Tennessee town. First, it was the little kids which wasn't awful, even though it was kindergarten and the first three grades in one giant circular shed-like building made of corrugated metal. Lice regularly made the rounds but I didn't catch any. Then they sent me to the eighth grade for a week. They handed me a large wooden paddle with holes in it (I think to make it sting) and told me not to hesitate to use it. Of course I left it alone, and everything was ok until Friday at 2:50 when the boys starting squirting red ink on each other and the whole room got out of control. I grabbed the ringleader, a pimply-face boy who had failed a year and was taller and bigger than me. I had never done such a thing before, but I figured it was time for the paddle! I brought him up to the front of the room and proceeded to give him 4 or 5 swats on his rear end. Suddenly, the room exploded in laughter as he straightened up, visibly aroused. I was at a loss at that point; luckily the bell rang. I turned down further requests to substitute. A hellish job.
Geeeeezzzz...not exactly a ringing endorsement for substitute teaching. What madness! Not one person has been like, Yeah, what a great idea, you should do that! Mr Naive....
I guess it is a good thing they make it so hard to be a substitute teacher. Now I'm like, wtf was I thinking???
That was grim, I'm glad you could get out. My wife was a teacher from a family of teachers. It was a struggle for me at times having to live with her and the intense workload.
And she worked mainly in the private sector.
Sounds like schools, like hospitals, have become places of Hell on Earth. Could you cite your article in a comment on my article about schools, to add to the evidence base... https://garysharpe.substack.com/p/the-nervous-system-in-the-classroom