Don't feel bad about it at all. I am also a parasitic leach, suckling the teat of the poor taxpayer (oops, I mean teacher). You did just fine.
By the way, Mr. Ohnstad, your spelling is wonderful, however the comma you placed at the end of your statement should actually be a semi colon as there are two separate thoughts. It should read "I hope it isn't English that you teach; or spelling. "
I definitely do feel your pain. I hate missing class. Making up sub plans that are implementable by a substitute and yet worth the students' time is quite difficult.
Traditional Farmer, no one in private industry would fire someone for this. See in professional private industry they have these things called vacation days. Employees will use these vacation days when situations like this arise.
As an aside to everyone else, this is my least favorite thing about teaching. It isn't low pay. It isn't blaming parents. It is the inability to take vacation time when you want to. Don't get me wrong I get a lot of vacation time but it is incredibly frustrating to not be able to pick your own days. As an example, we are not allowed to take one of our 2 personal days on the day before a break. My family, ever since I was little would hunt Wisconsin's gun deer season at some property we own near LaCrosse. This meant taking off school growing up on the Monday through Wednesday of Thanksgiving week. Now, my family still meets and carrys on the tradition sans me. Another example is that my family enjoys camping. Particularly we like to go in the Spring and Fall when it isn't so hot out. It is very difficult to do this without being able to schedule your own vacations.
This post was edited by Ryan - WI at 10:10:52 10/14/12.
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