My Week

I've bookended this post with pictures of cute kittens. They're not my kittens, but cute kittens always make me happy. And I feel like I need cute kittens this week. I have to be honest, it's been kind of a crappy week. Crappy enough that I haven't felt like posting anything. But now I feel this overwhelming need to vent.

It's been the slowest week subbing-wise since January. And after being busy for a few months, I feel like I'm going to go out of my skin now that I have nothing to do. I know that my top two schools are keeping me at the top of their list, and are trying to get me in as much as possible, but it's hard to get a sub in when you have no teachers out. This whole thing has jump-started my hunt for a summer job which I was hoping I could avoid for at least another month. But all this wouldn't be that big of a deal on its own. I should take this little lull and enjoy it while it lasts. But it's easier said than done.

I know I've already mentioned about this long-term sub position that I was enjoying, but got bumped out of when a permanent teacher ran out of sick days and needed to come back. But I keep hearing things about her that make me crazy. The latest is that she didn't even bother sticking around for parent-teacher yesterday. I mean, she didn't even stay for middle-of-the-afternoon-during-school-hours parent-teacher much less evening parent-teacher. She couldn't even be bothered to meet with the parents of 2 advanced classes and a grade 12 class that is preparing for the big provincial exam in May. Apparently so many parents showed up that three and a half sheets of looseleaf were full of names and contact information. I just hate to hear about someone making such a mockery out of a job that I really wanted, and a job in which I actually cared about the students.

Craig often talks about how much he hates unions. He is part of the NSGEU, and feels that they don't benefit the good workers, and seem to only protect the crappy workers. I never really thought too much about it until it actually affected me. So now, not only is this teacher practically taking money out of my pocket that I would be making, but she's really making it seem to the students that she doesn't care about them. The whole thing has gotten me so worked up that I just had to let it out.

I think that's the end of my rant right now. Here's cute kitty #2...