I subbed for the first time yesterday in a second grade class. It was only for the afternoon and there were only twelve kids in the class and two of them were absent, so I can’t complain. I miss teaching and having my own class in a lot of ways, but yesterday reminded me of why I am not going to jump back into my own classroom anytime soon unless I really have to or unless an opportunity I can’t resist comes my way. Like I said, I miss teaching…it’s all the other crud that goes along with teaching that I don’t miss. I just can’t imagine spending my whole day with other peoples’ kids and then having enough energy to love on my own kids at the end of the day. At the end of each school day I would still have to get ready for the next school day, go to meetings, shuttle my kids wherever they need to go after school, grade papers, return parent phone calls/e-mails, cook dinner, clean up, get everyone ready for bed, pack lunches and on and on. There are only so many hours in the day! I am going back to the same classroom today for another two hour stint…wish me luck! 🙂
Subbing
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Glad it was a good experience!
I totally understand and agree with what you said about teaching full time. I tell Nick that when/if I go back I’ll start out subbing till the right thing comes along.