Laws of Gravity

Some days are just weird. I had taken the gig fully aware that it was a roving situation. When I inquired further, I was told that several t...

Thursday at the continuation high school. I was doing "testing overflow"... (It's always something at the continuation hi...

Thursday, two weeks ago. I was covering for a special ed teacher who co-taught all day. It's a pretty easy gig when the other teacher...

The schools are on block schedule for state testing. Two-hour periods. Which, depending on the lesson plan, can make for a very long pe...

It was a crazy day. The 6th grade teachers were meeting with the middle school teachers all day. Each period I went to a different class ...

I mean me. "Did we have math homework?" 6th period. 7th grade English. They had a packet on verbs and adverbs to work on. We s...

Wednesday was an odd day. I got to school at about 12:15. (I was there for reentry .) As I pulled into the parking lot, I saw the entire o...

Yesterday was kind of upside down for me. I again covered the reentry class, so my school day started at noon. (It is highly unusual for th...

Yesterday, I got called at the usual time. The sub caller assigned me an art class. But when I got to the school, there was no art class. I ...

My contest is still open... I had a lovely morning. I slept until 9. Took my time getting my breakfast. Checked my email. And then I got r...

Friday was a bit on the crazy side. I went into the school expecting that. It was International Day and the day before spring break. Norm...

I celebrated too soon. Sure, I missed the assembly at one school yesterday, but the school I was at today had their assembly today. Sigh. ...

Today was Career Faire day at the continuation high school. It's the second easiest sub day on the school calendar. ( The easiest sub da...

It was later in the morning, way past the danger zone , so I was lying in bed watching TV (a NOVA from my DVR-- "The Race for Absolute...

Before I begin, I need to explain a few things.  There are certain school policies that I haven't alluded to before, and I need to spell...

Today I was in to cover an 8th grade English class.  The 8th graders had their promotion today. First, some background: Layer one: the s...

I guess I'm having one of those weeks.  I didn't much want to work today, but I wasn't about to turn down the offered job when t...

Ah, spring. It's the time of year when the schools do all of their interesting activities. One of the things I like most about subbing...