Do the teacher bashers know about sub plans?

[roody]

I teach first grade and am sick with a cold. Monday and Tuesday I said I was not sick enough to make substitute plans. Of course I became too sick to work. Yesterday and today I was in my classroom at 6 am till 8, making good plans and laying out everything needed. Is there any other job where one works an extra 2 hours in order to not be present? This a.m. the plans would not print, so the sub has to read them off the laptop screen.

[NYC_SKP]

1. I used to wonder that myself, what other job requires work to not go to work?

I'm sure there are several, but none come to mind that have so much riding on it:

30 kids, sometimes 30 per hour times six periods, who need meaningful work to do, all to be coordinated by a perfect stranger.

I hated it. But I always made great sub plans.

I had a co-teacher, however, who could fit his on a post-it note.

He was a history "specialist". And he thought that Julius Caesar was named after having been born by Caesarian section.

Sigh.

[roody]

2. Now since I am almost better,

I get to go this evening because I put my class in the school talent show. We teachers are so lazy!!

[etherealtruth]

3. Yes

I can't take a sick day, vacation day or personal day without working hours extra in advance ... but .... just because it happens does NOT make it right!