School pet peeve: reliever teachers

[ExplosiveTMT]

I would always hate it when the usual teacher was sick and a reliever took charge of the class.

My usual teacher knew that I had difficulties with certain things.
With the reliever teacher, I was expected to do those things, since of course, he/she didn't know about my difficulties. When this teacher would ask 'why aren't you doing as you're told?', I could've tried to explain it, but I had doubts that the teacher would believe me.
So I would have these huge meltdowns.
I would get sent for a detention.
I felt pretty bad when my teacher returned and found that out.

Nowadays, things aren't much of an issue. The others in my class are pretty good at explaining to the reliever about my difficulties. I'm in a pretty good special class.

Even then, I still feel low when there's a reliever. Maybe because of past experiences with them, the fact there's a change in my routine or a combination of both reasons.

Anyone else ever felt p'ed off when there was a relief teacher in charge of the class?

 

[zurb]

My most memorable relief teacher was actually quite fun.
We had a test that day. The teacher just mindlessly read out each question and the corresponding answer. I think everyone passed that test

My general impression of relief teachers was that they tended to be somewhat disorganized baby sitters.

 

[artfull dodger]

While my AS wasnt diagnosed till later in my life, there were a couple of kids that were autistic in a class that I was a teacher assistant for(5th grade class) during my senior year of high school at my Christian school. She always left instructions/lesson plans for the substitute teacher and that included special instructions about the 2 students that needed special help. Its pretty much up to the normal or regular teacher to leave instructions to anybody else as to which students need that special help. I sure wish my AS was diagnosed early in my school years, maybe I could have gotten the help I needed to do better. Mike

 

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I really don't like relievers. Then again, I don't like my regular teachers either, except for a few. I had this one yesterday that really scared me. She was so touchy-feely, hugging students, poking them. Those people scare me, not the ones who get angry.
It's not really the change in routine that annoys me, it's the fact they are - as Zurb said - just babysitters.

 

[ExplosiveTMT]

I really don't like relievers. Then again, I don't like my regular teachers either, except for a few. I had this one yesterday that really scared me. She was so touchy-feely, hugging students, poking them. Those people scare me, not the ones who get angry.
It's not really the change in routine that annoys me, it's the fact they are - as Zurb said - just babysitters.

Teacher hugging students?
*shiver*

 

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Teacher hugging students?
*shiver*

I know, right?

 

[Flinty]

There's a reason that substitutes are substitutes. If you're lucky, they've got a B. Ed. If you're unlucky, you get the husband of the worst teacher in the school because he's available because he's doing night shift in the mines. (True story.)

 

[ExplosiveTMT]

There's a reason that substitutes are substitutes. If you're lucky, they've got a B. Ed. If you're unlucky, you get the husband of the worst teacher in the school because he's available because he's doing night shift in the mines. (True story.)

True.