This is the time of year when teaching starts to suck. The excitement and energy of the new school year has faded, the weather is shitty, which makes kids more antsy and the short time between Thanksgiving and Winter Break is just useless.
So what's a teacher to do? Use some sick days! I posted awhile ago about my failproof sub plans. If you have those in place, faking a sick day should be no problem.
Need an excuse? Here are a few:
- you caught the bug going around your class
- you sprained your ankle while hanging up your winter bulletin board
- you slipped on ice while carrying your big, heavy teacher bag home after working late
- you developed severe carpal tunnel while writing report cards
- you have a bladder infection from holding it too long, as your prep period isn't until 6th period and you've been tutoring during lunch
- your students are giving you migraines
- you have insomnia due to stressful parent emails
- you have a hangover from drinking the pain away
Hopefully you give yourself some peaceful "sick" days this year. Take a day to watch some bad tv and do some online shopping. Your students will thank you for it. A happy teacher makes for happy students.
It sounds like a great plan, except that my husband and kids are at home each day, every day. That sucks.
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That is so true! Not enough people follow this advice :)
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