Reply #10: I really enjoy my job as a substitute teacher, most of the time.

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There are days, though, that can be really tough. I can generally tell within a half hour or so whether or not a teacher (or team) is really effective or not. I love subbing in the classes were there is a good mix of dicipline and interesting teaching techniques. Those classes can be a real joy.

The pay sucks, though. I work nearly as many (and sometimes more) days as the contract teacher and sometimes work long term gigs where I am as responsible for lesson plans, grades, and everything else that comes with being a regular contract teacher, but I make less than one-third of what a contract teacher makes... And they are not paid generously.