"At least I didn't do that..."
I've seen a lot of subs stressed over if they're doing the job well, but it's usually the tiniest little error. As a teacher who subbed for years, I thought it might be fun for teachers to share some of the craziest things we've seen substitutes do, so some of you all can realize that the thing you thought was a disaster wasn't really an issue at all.
I'll start with two of my most unhinged ones:
I had a sub who completely ignored my sub plan and instead ran a whole presentation on how her nephew was a marathon runner who was training to compete in marathons on six continents. She ended it with a plea to the students to visit his GoFundMe me to help pay for his adventures in running. I came back to the GoFundMe account written on my board and nothing else done.
Perfectly amazing sub. This sweet little old lady in her 70s or 80s. Did everything in the sub plan. And then the last five minutes of each class period sat down the class and said, "Look here, young people. My husband and I had some rough years early on in our marriage, but then we found the secret to a happy marriage. I want to share that secret with all of you so you don't spend years in an unhappy marriage. The secret is that we opened our marriage and became swingers and that has kept us excited and happy for decades." The kids were talking about her for WEEKS. Asked myself and every other adult on campus what our thoughts were on swinging. The valedictorian's speech mentioned how in kindergarten they used to swing on the monkey bars, but now they are swinging off into life after high school (cue laughter from the class). It was a WHOLE thing.
Anyway, whatever little thing you feel like you messed up on today?
It wasn't that bad.