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Chancie · 09-25-2013, 03:59 AM

I have my first cold of the school year. I should have stayed home on Monday, but I was too tired on Friday to stay late to prepare sub plans. I had to HAD TO go to an optician in another town, and $875 later, I have new regular glasses and new sunglasses.

Anyway, I had to go in early yesterday morning, praying I wouldn't run into too many people, because I was wearing leggings and a sweatshirt, which I do not usually wear to work, and I thought the sub was an old student, so I was counting on her excellent math skills, but the subs got moved around, and well, who the hell knows what went on in tenth grade geometry.

A good friend got her first teaching job at 58. She's in a large city, in a middle school that's really struggling, and she's having a terrible time. Her classes are way too big, and she's not getting much help, and she's so disappointed. I don't know what it's like to teach math to eleven year olds, and certainly not 27 in one class, and she's so flipped out and unhappy.

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09-25-2013, 03:59 AM	#11
Chancie Senior Member How Do You Identify?: queer femme-inist Relationship Status: I'm lucky. Join Date: May 2010 Location: Western Mass Posts: 3,772 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,485 Thanked 14,535 Times in 2,741 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	I have my first cold of the school year. I should have stayed home on Monday, but I was too tired on Friday to stay late to prepare sub plans. I had to HAD TO go to an optician in another town, and $875 later, I have new regular glasses and new sunglasses. Anyway, I had to go in early yesterday morning, praying I wouldn't run into too many people, because I was wearing leggings and a sweatshirt, which I do not usually wear to work, and I thought the sub was an old student, so I was counting on her excellent math skills, but the subs got moved around, and well, who the hell knows what went on in tenth grade geometry. A good friend got her first teaching job at 58. She's in a large city, in a middle school that's really struggling, and she's having a terrible time. Her classes are way too big, and she's not getting much help, and she's so disappointed. I don't know what it's like to teach math to eleven year olds, and certainly not 27 in one class, and she's so flipped out and unhappy.