No Key

By Andrea Menzies

In the below cartoon “Matt” is every school office concerning the worst permanent teacher towards substitute teachers. I have the degrees to work full substitute work, but I worked one IA job years ago when an IA begged me to work it. Now the school district tries to give me ALL jobs as an IA for disabled students which I fully HATE. IA substitute work is far lower in pay in daily wages for harder work. The office gives IA subs no lesson plans folder, no map, no keys, and no door opening badge thinking the main teacher will “help them” all day. What if the sub uses the restroom, or goes to her car to get a bag lunch, and the teacher locks everything separating the sub from her purse? The blonde with shoulder length hair at Bird High was horrible, and locked me out of the class room 3 times. “You should have gone to the SPED desk!” She yells at me when I banged on every door to do my job. I did go to SPED no one was there! Gym locked, classroom locked, and I can’t get to my purse as I need asthma medication having attacks in PE class. Main teachers don’t “take care of everything” at all, and IA subs do need maps, keys, and badges for bathroom breaks. This is reason one million why I am trying to get a permanent placement job to stop being a substitute as many permanent teachers suck crap and don’t “take care” of anything at all.