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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sus that you’re blaming the kids. They’re children. It’s adults that have failed them.[/quote]

I don’t see OP blaming anyone. Just stating the facts. The prognosis isn’t looking so good regardless of who’s responsible.[/quote]

She places blame directly on them. “Many are extremely defiant…They don’t seem to understand that this is their chance to create a good future.” Pure disdain for these kids.

You should pick a different job OP. [/quote]

You should go sub, NP.

Yes, certainly there are surely some lovely and wonderful kids in those classes. Sometimes they are overshadowed by the needy and yes, the problematic and defiant ones.

If you have never subbed a class in a tough school, please volunteer and get a wake up call. It can be disheartening. Subbing is no joke - kids will sometimes act far far worse for a sub than they would ever do for their regular teacher.

I taught at a very tough city school for years. I had many amazing and wonderful students there, and also some very tough, difficult and hard to handle students. I adored many of those kids, even some of the "worst" ones with behavior problems that other teachers had given up on. I had a positive and good relationship with my classes. But I had to be very firm with them if I knew I'd be having a sub. Kids who were great for me could sometimes be horrible for the sub. And it was difficult to even KEEP subs on the roster at my school. Some would not even last the whole day because the kids could be that unruly.

So if you've never done it, lay off criticizing this substitute who was disheartened after a day of filling in. It's a hard job and it CAN feel discouraging. And yes some of those kids WILL end up in dead end jobs. Some of those kids may not care. That does not mean all of them will. That does not mean the sub is unfit for the job. Kids have bad days, teachers have bad days, and subs do too.

If you think OP needs a different job because of his / her observations of that one school day - please, step up. Go be a sub and do better. Many schools are desperate for subs because yes, the kids *can* be tough, and they need people to fill in. Raise the bar not just for the sub, but for the kids as well![/quote]

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