"We'll be good!"
What a joke.
When I asked to be geometry reader I hadn't planned on being a substitute teacher as well, but apparently my boss had. All the students were elated when they heard I was going to instruct them. I wonder why.
"Maybe we'll learn something!"
HA HA.
I have never taken geometry so I was at a total loss as as to how to teach it. To me math is just letters that can be logically transformed into numbers, but to all "my" pupils math was an enemy to be destroyed at all cost.
"I can't wait until you teach!"
Hilarious.
When I did get into the classroom I was greeted by indifferent noise. Teaching confused me more than learning ever did. Millions of questions buzzed through my mind. Am I doing this in the right order? Is that the correct form in the answer? How do I make them stop blabbing at each other? Oh well, that's why demerits were invented; to quiet the mouth with some hard work.
"Can we have extra credit?"
Sure!
All my problems were solved. What could be better than making the students teach and learn at the same time. Unfortunately it is hard to teach something you don't understand yourself so the system didn't work to well, but it did get me out of teaching again.
My teaching days were lucky limited to only a few days in the entire school year, so my confusion level remained at a healthy level, but complete pandemonium is something that sticks with you anyway.
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