(good class) x (substitute factor) = (craziness)

Okay so my first experience with a substitute today. You know my little grade 1ers are a lot of fun and they usually are really good. But having a sub today just totally set them off on this wild rampage. Not to say anything bad about this sub, she’s really good and could control the students very effectively, but when it came to my turn… well not having a ‘teacher’ in the room really showed. It wasn’t the ones I usually have problems with… it was the middle group, my usually on task group that was just pushing the limits. Even the one little girl that was usually quite stoic was just on a rampage today. Tried to teach them about science, naw didn’t happen, just spent half an hour telling them to obey simple rules. Wow… huhhhhhhh…
Oh did I mention that I was being evaluated for my ‘teaching’ skills by my prof. today too?

Q