Substitute Teaching During Covid

A friend was approached by a Nassau County school.  They wanted her to be a special sub in case a teacher needs to quarantine for 14 days.  The pay is a big $157 a day, no health coverage, no sick  leave and the job ends in January when a vaccine might be available.

This did not seem worthwhile to her and it certainly would not be worth the risk to me.  I guess, if you need the money, you have to take a chance.  Just seems like a gamble with small returns.

(Pictured above is the animal Zoom conference with participants from the Bronx and Queens Zoos.)

Evaluating Teachers



A well liked substitute learns tons of interesting stuff about the teacher he is covering for.  He learns about the good teachers and the bad ones, the ones who like kids and the ones who hate them all.  He learns who the kids want to keep forever and who they wish would never come back.  He wonders why the administration does not see the same things the children see. The little darlings of the school are not such darlings after all.