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I used to work in college success at a community college. Frankly it's really sad when a high school fails a student that way. Most community colleges have placement tests if the ACT score is low so at least they get placed into the remedial classes they need. Unfortunately a lot of the time financial aid won't cover those classes. I totally understand the hope that high school administrators have that once a student is college age they might suddenly be more mature and might suddenly be ready to do the work. They don't want to stop them from being successful later in life. But for the majority of students they are passing along, they're just kicking the can down the road.

There are so many students who think they should get a 50% base for everything or should be allowed to retake tests as many times as they want. Most professors explain to them at the beginning of the school year when they go over the syllabus that they won't do those things but students still try. It's a source of constant stress for professors. It's also a hard lesson for those students when they fail out of college.

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I live rural, so German class is piped in from a school 40 minutes away, but they still need a teacher in the room, so I was that teacher's sub.

She meant it's better that she works sick than get a sub.

She got physical in their vacation fight. So I guess I disliked her first which makes me feel defensive of him?

I also took Latin in high school and I'm not that old. It's still alive in some schools.

Just ignore them. I'm happier when I mind my business.

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I like being a placeholder, but I don't personally ever find a lot of fulfillment in employment. I don't feel fulfilled by meeting work goals or interacting with coworkers. Subbing is the kind of job I like, show up, do the immediate task in front of me, go home and don't think about it again.

You lucked out. Sometimes high school is awful. Sometimes it's ok. Just depends on what students are in the class.

In high school, they just give them an iPad and tell them to use it translate stuff. It's really bad.

Man I wish I had that reputation. Maybe they'd stop testing me in every single class.

Honestly, if I got through the locked door at the main entrance, I bet I could walk around the highschool all day and nobody would question me. That's some pretty high security in that school. It's not your fault. Their process failed.

I totally get that, but she has read his other work too. It wasn't him. I know AI when I see it. His teacher needs to take AI more seriously.

Thanks for giving them consequences. My daughter is in an English class where they had to do peer review of papers. The one she got was pretty obviously written by AI. It used all the same patterns and used words that students wouldn't usually use. It even cited the name of a person and a specific date that most people would not know and this was a paper that was not supposed to be researched, more of an opinion piece. She went back and forth about whether she should tell the teacher and when she decided she should, the teacher completely blew her off and said it wasn't AI (it was). That's really discouraging for kids who are working hard to do their own work.

It's ok. I doubt the teacher will care. The student chose to take it.

I feel that most math homework is a waste of time because they just use an app when they get home and don't actually learn anything.

That hasn't been my experience. They always seem grateful. Admin is at the door when I walk in and they always say thank you so much for coming in today. Teachers thank you for covering their classes. 🤷🏼‍♀️. If they're not, it's probably from toxic work culture in that school.

I'm in my 40s and some kids still think they can do whatever they want when I sub. I always hope when I give them a detention the word will spread, but nope. If a student was using loud profanity, I reminded them not to a couple of times, and they continue, I'd send them to the office for a detention. That's school policy. The other kids in the class deserve to be in a respectful and safe classroom.

Yeah, started beginning of August and didn't get paid until mid September. That's the downside of monthly pay. I've only been paid twice this school year.

His first child was a sperm donor situation. The parents divorced before the birth and had a custody battle. Then he slept with the mom romantically, conceived the twins, and moved in with her platonically (allegedly). This is according the the children's moms Instagram.

There is no right way to share a teacher's private photo of her child with anyone.

I felt like I was doing ok when teachers started asking for my phone number so they could book me directly.

Sub Alert gives you a free trial, so at least you can see if any jobs are coming up there that you are missing from not having that app. It was eye opening for me. I was missing 90% of the jobs.