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1. It's 8th grade.

[b]2. You're a sub.

3. Of course they're not going to respect you or want to do a lick of work:-)[/b]

4. And you're so stupid and unaware of the dynamic here, you can conclude they're all doomed after one day!!! Clearly, subbing for that age group is not for you :-)
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I don’t know how you raise your kids, but my 8th grader knows to treat both teachers [i]and[/i] subs respectfully.[/quote]

PP you replied to. My high schooler and middle schooler are very polite, thank you very much.

Regarding subs, I KNOW. I've witnessed it. Kids have a working relationship with their year-round or semester teachers. That relationship is more or less productive, but it is a relationship and usually it works for all parties.

With subs, particularly for that age group, all bets are off. These are grumpy adolescents, and usually their subs are incompetent. Not saying OP is incompetent! Again, this is from years of personal observation. So they see a sub coming in, and most of them, being grumpy adolescents, moan and groan, and some say extraordinarily rude things, to see how the sub reacts, and some have fun with pretending they can't read or can't do basic math, and it's all an immature expression of their many frustrations.

OP, it looks like you're new to this and didn't know how hard it was going to be, so I apologize for my "stupid" statement. Let's just say you were very naive. There are many reasons no one wants to sub, but one of them is that you usually get a frosty reception (all age groups - I once witnessed a 4th grade class reducing a sub to tears, but middle schoolers are the worst).

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It’s difficult for me to imagine that someone who claims her MS and HS children are polite to subs writing the first statement, rather than posting something that actually might help OP be a better sub.[/quote]

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