might get thirsty

I am now staring down the prospect of a 5 day work week. I haven't had one of those in a while. I don't count farming because that is not a daily pay job. I am kind of worrying myself about this. I think I may be in a mood to drink by the time friday comes around now. The worst part is that I may have to accomplish something as a sub teacher now. I have, possibly erroneously, concluded that most full time teachers have low expectations for their substitutes. Since their expectations were low, I have worked to keep my expectations low. This has been largely successful since I usually have the same groups of students that now know what to expect from me. I come in, make an announcement about what is supposed to happen for that day and whether or not it is due soon. Then I take attendance and sit back to see what problems I am going to have.

I am not sure if this is a good attitude to have or not. I am only certified for one area. I am working on a second certification. My content knowledge is a bit limited. I can't expect to walk in and teach home economics or world history. I don't want to come in and force feed students something that they know the teacher is going to repeat tomorrow. I could do enough damage in one day that the regular teacher might need two days to repair. Most of the time I try to say as little as possible and act as dumb as I can to the kids. No good can happen from them saying that Mr. Hauke told them something and then sticking to that ideal.

LOL, I am watching LOST and the high pitch noise from the beginning just made Walter go a bit nuts. LOST is a great show. I didn't watch much of the first season, but have really caught on since then.