I pulled a naughty!

I'm not a nice person. I'm sure you can tell that by now. I am not a teacher. I taught primary for just over 2 years and struggled like crazy almost the entire time - I found that the 4/5 year olds were the best. Me and kids just don't seem to get a long - my own kid doesn't listen to me, so what makes me think anyone else would? I did love most of the kids. Most of them. There were a couple that would make me want to pull my hair out and that made teaching difficult for me.

Of course, the 3 times I have substituted Ster's class didn't help. The first two times, the kids wouldn't sit next to him. They'd keep moving away from him. That hurt me to the core - knowing that my son didn't have friends in his class. And it makes sense to me now the fact that he hates going to church.

Anyway, Ster's teacher has asked me again to substitute. Actually, she asked the answering machine =) Me being not so nice didn't call her back. The last time I tried to tell her that I wasn't comfortable teaching, she blew me off and told me she'd bring the book by. She never did. So I had to guess at the lesson and printed it off 5 minutes before we walked up to chuch (late - i wasn't feeling well that morning). So, she called on Tuesday and I was rude and didn't call her back. She wouldn't have taken no for an answer and I really don't want to do it. Well, she just tried calling again. Tim almost answered it - but I told him not to. Then I proceeded to turn off all the lights in case they drove by. Unfortunately, they live across the street to the north and probably know we are home.

Maybe she'll get a hint next time and ask someone else from the get-go!