A few weeks ago one of the teachers at the middle school where I sub often asked me to sub for her today. She failed to tell me she taught 8th grade. My last class was so horrible, I came the closest I ever have to walking out. There was a point when I was staring at the clock at the back of the room, and had to talk myself out of picking up my purse and walking out of that churning classroom, never to be seen at this school again. I decided not to because I didn't want to leave the faculty in a bind. But it prompted me to google, "What's wrong with today's youth." (I never thought I would be that kind of person, but they've driven me to it.) Hilariously, it popped up as a popular search topic.
As a result of this search, I happened upon two articles on AskMen.com, written by a guy whose handle is "Mr. Mafioso". He writes articles as a mafia character, complete with Italian interjections and mob references. It makes for funny articles and a good amount of insight, with some of that long-lost machismo as a cherry on top.
My final class of the day isn't quite as bad, thank goodness. Since they're busy copying down the answers to a worksheet (because, as one teacher put it, "They've been spoon-fed so long they can't figure out how to feed themselves") I decided to post the links to two articles on "Why Today's Youth Are Garbage". This substitute teacher is so glad to know there is someone else out there who feels the same way. (More than one, since I told one of the teachers here about the articles and she gave me her email address so I could send them to her.)
