Teachers work hard. Teachers work very hard! I found out just how hard a teacher's work really is last week. A few summers ago, I had a summer job nannying a two year old girl. Since then, I've filled-in for their school year nanny off and on. Last week I worked substituting and also nannying the now three year old after school.
It was quite the exhausting week. Three days I went directly from school to pick up the three year old from daycare. Wednesday I took a half day in order to meet up with a friend visiting from Japan (miss you already ReBekha!) Monday I left to teach at 8, went from school to pick up the child at 4, and went from that work to dance class. I came home at 9. Gone for over twelve hours. Uhhhh!
It wasn't just the hours that were long either. One day I showed up and the teacher had no idea I was coming. This happens occasionally when the teacher is absent because of a class or meeting for the school district. The district sometimes puts the substitute position into the system and if the teacher forgets about the class. Thursday night, the child decided to scream at me for 45 minutes mostly because she didn't take a nap and was exhausted.
I am so glad that most days and weeks I don't have a second job. Most days I would just go home and go to bed at the end of the night. I can hold on to double duty days for a little while, but I'm content to just work one job! I'm also so happy I didn't have to worry about grading or planning for teaching.
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