Substitute teachers....how have your jobs been lately?

I was talking to another sub yesterday at my school and remembered how much I enjoy comparing notes with other subs. I know we have a few here, come tell us how things are going for you.

I only sub elementary school, and only one school, and yet I've been so busy. The flu and norovirus really took hold of our school. I think I had a mild flu (only lasted about 5 days and I know the real flu is much longer than that) but thankfully missed the norovirus. 

A few weeks ago I ended up subbing in a 1st grade for SIX days! omg. That poor teacher had the flu and was sick for those six days plus the weekend in between.    That was a looooooooong assignment because there are some difficult kids in that class.

For the past two days I was in a 2nd grade ESL class and that was so lovely. Such cute kids and SO much more respectful than some of their Anglo counterparts. omg some kids are rude. The 2nd grade switches teachers for social studies (just for fun, to give the kids exposure to different teachers). So yesterday I had the worst of the 2nd grades. I wasted half the class time (only 50 minutes) getting them to stop chatting. And it wasn't just for my benefit because I know they act that way for their teacher and for specials. There are also two kids in there who are the tattletale types which makes me crazy. Since I know the kids I immediately knew how to arrange them on the rug, i.e. who couldn't sit next to who. First thing I said was "L. sit over here and A. sit over there..." And right away one of the chief tattlers said "Mrs. G. L. and A. can't sit next to each other!" omg. I said "T. you are not the teacher here. And, they are not sitting next to each other." ugh. -- So it was 50 minutes of just general rudeness of chatting when I was talking, chatting when a classmate was talking, etc.

When I got my regular ESL kids back after the social studies block I was SO thankful to see them again. lol. One said "Mrs. G. I missed you."    lololol. I got lots of chances to read aloud to them which is my very favorite thing to do in school. Most teachers rarely have it in my sub plans, but this teacher put it in THREE times. She's told me before that although any kid benefits from being read to her ESL kids especially do because they probably don't hear English at home. 

Today I'm subbing for one of the special ed teachers who does push-in support, and has several pull-out groups. But, one of the push-in classes is taking some assessment test today and I'm not even allowed in the room during the test because I haven't been certified as a test giver. And then the entire 5th grade is on a field trip so for one pull-out group I'll have two kids. AND there's a block of 1.5 hours in the middle of the day when I'll have nothing! omg, it's my reward for the other difficult days. I'll be using some of that time to check in on April. lol

So how are other subs doing? Tell me some cute stories. Or...I guess if you sub in high school you might not have "cute" stories. lol. How about "interesting" stories? lol