Substitute Teachers

Well thanks to Ms. JoJo Orso, who is filling in as a substitute teacher today, I have been inspired to blog about some of my favorite and least favorite substitute experiences. First of all, I was that nightmare student that every sub. hated. If I knew that we were going to have a sub. in class I would always drink an extra Mountain Dew for lunch, or eat more candy during the day just to gear up for the class. I would say that over 3/4's of my 14 detentions I got were due to a substitute teacher. I also believe my parents received around 3-5 calls from teachers saying how bad I acted while the sub. was there. So, that being said here are some of the memories of my subs.
1. Luther/Gay Street combo - Now these two were definitly characters. Luther had a lack of hearing so you could get away with anything. He was so naive too. If he was a sub for study hall, I would tell him I was going to the library to do research, and then just walk around the school for the whole 50 min. period. I think on the 32nd time I told him I was going to the library for research he finally caught on and came looking for me. He must have thought that I was doing a doctoral thesis or something. Now Gay, Luther's better half, was a little bit more difficult to get by. On a side note, I do recall she had a pretty thick female mustache going...even I was envious of it. Ladies, please wax that stuff there is nothing worse. I will be happy to pay for my future wife's upper lip waxing. OK so enough about the female stache...When Gay would sub. you had to be a little bit slyer than with Luther. When she would sub, I would use the technique of, "I am going to take the absent slip to the office then go talk to a teacher." She would always say to bring back a note from the teacher. Well there was a particular teacher that I could write exactly like. I had mastered it in Pre-Cal one day. So, I always used that. I always returned to class five minutes b/f the bell and had the note in hand. Gay never knew what was going on. So there is the Luther/Gay Street combo. Oh and my total detention count with them was around 3.

2. Lee Anne Elinsky - I had the biggest crush on her. She was a sub for Mrs. Neely in our physical science class a couple of times. She was late 20's, blonde hair, blue eyes, and tall. She was every school boys dream. Only two problems...I was 13 and she was married. I do think I left a fingerprint on her heart though b/c she was the daughter of one of our neighbors and that particular neighbor mentioned that her daughter had enjoyed subbing for "my" class. After she subbed, I suggested that anytime Mrs. Neely was out that I would be happy to arrange a substitute teacher for her. Too bad Mrs. Neely only got her one time more after the first time.

3. Mrs. Hrom - Her last name was pronounced Rom like in CD-Rom, but I always harassed her by emphasizing the "H" in front of her name with a hacking "H" sound. She hated it, but I kept on. I want to say that she is the sub that gave me detention the most. Whenever I walked into the class and saw that she was subbing, the first thing I would do is walk up to the front and fill out my own detention form and save her the hassle of doing it herself. She hated me. That's all with her.

4. Coach Ethridge - All I can say is he was a red headed weirdo. DW you might have to fill in some stories on this cat.

Those are my most memorable substitute teachers and in the final rankings from worst to best it would go like this:
5. Coach Ethridge
4. Gay Street
3. Mrs. Hrom
2. Luther Street
1. Lee Anne Elinsky...my junior high love.

Any good stories about your substitute teachers?