There's One in Every Substitute Teacher's Class

In the six years before...

Six years? I'm into my eighth year now, so I guess the seven years before this, I had only...

been a part of two students being written up.

And to be honest, in both cases, I didn't want them to be written up.

And the school told me, well, at this point, we have to.

Both of these kids in the classes, as I was talking to them, in fact, one of them was a half a day.

So I met the teacher and she said, Mr. Collins, there are some students in here that are challenging.

If anything happens, share that with another teacher in this grade.

So let me tell you about the first one in the fifth grade.

You know, every class has a student.

Say it like this so that I don't make it sound too bad.

There's at least a student that is the least motivated student in that class to get their work done.

And if you try to challenge them, they take offense.

They'll say something like, you're in my personal space.

I've heard that one.

They'll give you some kind of grunt.

They'll roll their eyes at you.

To be honest, I've had more trouble with girls doing that this year than any.

I've had some discipline issue with girls.

Well, I'm through trying to get through that on my own, okay? Didn't sign up for that.

I'll give them chances.

Both of these kids, I probably gave them three or four chances.

Even the students, other students in the class agreed that I had given them plenty of chances to be good.

So...

When I told the student to come and sit with me, they did not.