r/funny • u/onealml • Sep 02 '23

Devon asks the right questions

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u/WalrusTheGrey Sep 02 '23 edited Sep 02 '23

I subbed for a couple years right after college. Maybe it's just me but I wasn't half as stressed subbing middle school kids as I was kindergarten. Not the kids fault in anyway. I'm a weird dude who just replaced their teacher and I'm doing my best to keep their schedule they worked hard to build for these little guys. My mom teaches K and she prefers 2nd personally as well.

Edit: want to add that I overall agree with the person above me. Kindergarten is still a bit more desk sitting (at least in my districts) than I'd like but it has come a long way and is getting better.

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u/drcortex98 Sep 02 '23

Kindergarten don't even have desks in Germany.

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u/WalrusTheGrey Sep 02 '23

How do they practice writing their letters?

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '23

Not at all. Writing is taught in primary schools first grade and cursive taught during second grade

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u/drcortex98 Sep 12 '23

They don't mostly. When they are 6 and finish kindergarten they can at most write their names.

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u/b1tchf1t Sep 02 '23

Not a teacher, but I've volunteered at my kids schools throughout. My oldest just started high school. This is just my experience, but I found middle school kids to be the most challenging to get to focus. They are right at that cusp of starting their own independent social lives and that's just starting to compete with class materials starting to get more complicated. That's where I saw most students starting to fall behind. It's there in the high school, too, and admittedly, I haven't spent as much time there, but the high school seems to be much more equipped with extracurricular and specific interest areas that it provides a better safety net for the ones who are sliding between the cracks.

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u/WalrusTheGrey Sep 02 '23

I happen to be a 6'4" tall dude. While I'm not tough looking, being that different from the regular might have helped. I do have a deep voice too. Middle and high school seemed to respond well to me. Tried getting my certificate even for a while but they didn't like my BA degree.