That is exactly the reason I do day-to-day supply (and of course the office politics in the staffroom).. But the kids are like that because of 1) parenting (lack of), and 2) bleeding heart "councillors" and the schools, who indulge their every whim. The girl who stormed out of class because I said she should stop texting & give me her phone (school policy), was brought back to the class 10 minutes later by the "mental health counseillor", who said "If I take her phone off her now can she come back in the class?" And let her sit next to another numpty of her choice. I had no choice of course, but this kid's behaviour has just been validated, and will no doubt be repeated. One of my daughters is a permanent teacher and she has all my admiration.

Unfortunately, most schools don't trust a supply teacher with a board pen, never mind a laptop or a login/password. I'm lucky if I get a few scribbled instructions on the back of an envelope as a "lesson plan". And anyway, they always watch the film with their normal teacher, so she can get on with her marking. I get a phone call at 7am to tell me which school to go to. I usually get to know what I'm teaching about 5 minutes before the kids swagger into the room. So actually having a few notes on an envelope is actually easier than having to read a 4 page lesson plan complete with individual "targets" for each kid. At least I don't have any planning to do. Just a lot of ad-libbing. I taught quite a good Spanish lesson today, even though Spanish isn't one of my languages........

@GoldenDoll Fuck me I didn`t know it was that bad. And Trump wants to arm you too!

@273kelvin - Gosh, I hope not. I'm in England.

@GoldenDoll Oops

@GoldenDoll I did a job for a spanish teacher a few months ago. He said that scouse had the best equivalent for ole....go`ed

Yep, nothing like a bit of Shakespeare to calm the savage beast.