[PenultimateManStanding]

Most of the time, as a substitute teacher, I get kids with no ambition and no intellectual curiosity. They are sociable but they don't care about math or science. But once in a while I get a choice assignment. Once I had an assignment to teach pre-calculus for a week. They were smart kids and I relished it. I covered the subject and brought in all kinds of subtexts to make it richer. They astounded me by giving me an ovation. This past week I got another opportunity with chemistry classes. All smart kids. If I could have nothing but classes like that I wouldn't be a substitute. Kids like that make me proud to be an American.

[Narz]

I know how you feel. Happy for you.

[PenultimateManStanding]

It was 15 years ago when I taught my first regular classes. I had 2 senior physics classes and 3 freshmen remedial math classes. The physics classes were great. We covered Kepler's Laws and Newtonian Physics. I'd do it again. The freshman math classes were a nightmare and I vowed that I would never do it again. And so here I am, substituting all these years later.

[pedalling_faster]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Shannymara', 'T')hen there are the ones outside academia, like my perrmaculture teacher and my aikido teachers.