Adam@Home by Rob Harrell for January 29, 2013
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Katy: I had a great substitute teacher. So what's the big deal. Clayton: If the administration gets ahold of her, they'll try to break her spirit. Katy; They wouldn't! Clayton: They would! Katy: Oh, I hate bureaucracy! Clayton: Me, too. Right up there with bureaucrats.
I can speak from experience: Your school can have the greatest subs in the world, who can actually achieve rapport with the kids and get them to do stuff beyond makework, work with faculty to keep their kids on track — and all it takes is one administrator with a bug up his @$$ to screw it all up. My wife and I used to be such subs until one — JUST ONE, mind you — assistant principal decided we were too good and had us run off.