[Clara Lou]

Well, unfortunately, when a school needs a substitute teacher, they have to take what they can get and hope for the best.

[BilLies]

The school is about 90% black, hard to find good substitutes. The school gets a rating of 2 out a possible rating of 10 ....

[grania]

Yooo...I substituted for seven years. I'm a retiree and like many who substitute preferred not to be in same job -every day environments or have reasons to not work every day. In many neighborhoods, a school cannot function unless it has an excellent pool of substitutes.

I was proud to be a "travelling substitute". The caliber, backgrounds and skill of my peers was amazing.

Why don't you try substituting in inner city schools and observe what they do, first hand?

[Henry Hnyellar]

I think they do that for many full timers too.