May 16th was my first day as a substitute teacher, I couldn't get to sleep the night before so I stayed up all night reading and working on potential lesson plans in case I needed a back up. I started getting ready at 6:00 AM even though I didn't have to be at the school until 8:30 AM. I arrived a good half hour early, this was a huge school it had three floors. I found out after I got there that the teacher I was subbing for had a student teacher who would be taking charge of the classes for the whole day I would just be there as a qualified assistant. This was in some ways a blessing and a curse, on the one hand my first day as a sub would be a breeze because this guy would be doing all the heavy lifting. The curse part of it was that he was doing such a good job that my being there was just a formality mostly all I did was take attendance, I didn't even get to introduce myself to the classes. By the end of the day in the planning period I found myself nodding off because I was so tired due to not getting any sleep the night before and boredom from not being allowed to participate in interacting with the class. All in I hope my next sub position is a little more hands on.
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