subbing - the job you love to hate
Not sure if everyone knows this, but I substitute teach part-time.
I usually have many an anecdote from my times spent with "those darn kids"...especially since they are so BAD when a sub is around!
I tend to teach at high schools, because the kids require less (read: not constant) supervision and you get off work so early. (Sounds great, and it kinda is, though a) it pays crap; b) you're exhausted from waking up soooo early - your Period 1 kids are in their seats at 7:30am sharp; and c) every now and then, teen students can verge on being scary/mean - I cried once at the end of the school year last year. But I digress.)
Anyway here is today's anecdote, which brings me an enormous amount of satisfaction:
A girl says to me, out of nowhere:
"Are you an actor?"
I stopped, startled, and glanced down at her. Smiling, I replied matter-of-factly: "Yes!"
She said: "You look like one. You look like you belong on Broadway. Or maybe that show...what's that show? Billy and Gracie?"
Chuckling, I corrected her: "You mean Will & Grace?"
"Yeah, that's it!"
I usually have many an anecdote from my times spent with "those darn kids"...especially since they are so BAD when a sub is around!
I tend to teach at high schools, because the kids require less (read: not constant) supervision and you get off work so early. (Sounds great, and it kinda is, though a) it pays crap; b) you're exhausted from waking up soooo early - your Period 1 kids are in their seats at 7:30am sharp; and c) every now and then, teen students can verge on being scary/mean - I cried once at the end of the school year last year. But I digress.)
Anyway here is today's anecdote, which brings me an enormous amount of satisfaction:
A girl says to me, out of nowhere:
"Are you an actor?"
I stopped, startled, and glanced down at her. Smiling, I replied matter-of-factly: "Yes!"
She said: "You look like one. You look like you belong on Broadway. Or maybe that show...what's that show? Billy and Gracie?"
Chuckling, I corrected her: "You mean Will & Grace?"
"Yeah, that's it!"
