School Tales: Ms. K is Missing!

“The kids in room 207 310 were misbehaving again.
Spitballs stuck to the ceiling.
Paper airplanes whizzed through the air.
They were the worst-behaved class in the whole school.”

As the story goes, after a day of particularly horrible behavior in Miss Nelson's class, her students realize they will spend the next day with a substitute teacher. "Now we can really act up," yells one of the students. That's what they think! Little do they know, they are in for a day with Viola Swamp, a tough, disciplinarian who piled on the school work. Suddenly, they want Miss Nelson back and even go looking for her. As it turns out, the big, bad Viola Swamp was Miss Nelson in disguise.

As a child, I thought it would be fun to dress up and spy on the class as Miss Nelson did. As a teacher, I think that sounds hellish. "Out of sight, out of mind"! That will certainly be my mantra for the next week while I am off to finish my last (insha'allah) grad school course. Perhaps our version of Viola Swamp has accepted the sub job. I left all kinds of textbook readings, summaries, study guides, charts, and quizzes- the children shall not want for work. Waaaaahahahahaaha!!

I thought it appropriate to post a re-discovered gem written by one of my students the last time I had a sub. (Hint to the gentle reader: In middle school speak, a 3=E)

4rm. Briehana
2: Miss. K

Dear, Miss. K

Miss K. Da sub was so mean and I b3t you sh3's gonna say we was being bad well we were all n our seats wispering sh3 decides to call an AP and Mr. S mean self gon3 try and tell us that we were b3ing bad and h3 wasn't even in Da Roum. Da sub was a grumpy old lady who thought 3verybody and thier mama was gone listen 2 her and she got an attuied Mr. S old ugly self gone put me n a corner 4 nothin. I kno when u read this you are gonna give me book work but the sub was just plain old mean. And sh3 was tryna run people like she was my grandma! my grandma is in Heaven in she wasn't mean or grumpy like the sub was! luv alwayz!

Great! Thanks, Briehana! Now I know which sub to request!