My Own Day In "Hell"

First of all: it is not cussing if it is in quotes and refers to the actual place

So I decided to substitute teach today at a local middler school. Normally, I avoid middle school like the plague because I cannot stand the kids. But this one is close to my house, gets out at 2, and I was going to be teaching history so I was hoping for a movie day.

I got to school and there was no movie but the day seemed like it was going to be easy enough. I got through the first two periods and then had a class of 7th graders right before lunch. Ever since doing my student teaching with 7th graders , I have a pretty firm dislike of them. I think its how they flirt that annoys me because it still involves throwing things, drawing on each other and lots of hitting.

The period is supposed to be an hour long and we make it through 50 minutes when the principal comes on the PA and announces a Code Yellow alarm. A Code Yellow simply means that there is something dangerous happening outside of the school but in response we have to lock the students in the classroom! So for the next 2 hours I have to hear the complaints of these 7th graders about how hungry they are, how they have to go to the bathroom, how they are so bored. All the while, I want to run out that classroom door more than they do.

We eventually started watching the movie Space Jam but they were still really annoying. Then at 1 o'clock the principal comes back on the PA and announces that it is all clear but that the students have to stay in class until the end of the day. We are allowed to let the students go one at a time to the bathroom or their lockers to get lunch. Those students who were going to buy lunch will be served in the classroom free of charge.

Oh and the reason for the Code Yellow was someone found some guns close to the campus. So they closed down the school and then searched the grounds and every single locker!

I start letting the students go to the bathroom and their lockers but they don't seem to grasp the one at a time idea. Who knew that was such a difficult concept? Finally, they have all gone and done their business but the ones without packed lunch are still "starving". By the time these free of charge lunches get to our classroom it consists of 1/2 a bagel, a milk, and a package of fruit snacks. Wow- the Washoe County School District really knows how to take care of their kids! Luckily, by this point there is only like 30 minutes left in the day and I can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel.

So they ate their lunches, watched Space Jam, threw carrots at each other, and still complained. I cannot wait until I get to have this baby and can be done with subbing! Oh and now I am going to be super righteous because I do not want to go back to hell.