[hoosierham]

I don't care who the teacher is,but she is mean-spirited and petty. A real adult would not have abused her position and attacked the fantasy of little children.She ought to have looked over the lesson plan and then gone to her job superiors, informing them she would not follow the plan and requested another assignment. Her acts in the classroom were those of a coward;it takes no courage to confront a six year old.

[right wing]

She ought to have looked over the lesson plan and then gone to her job superiors, informing them she would not follow the plan and requested another assignment. Her acts in the classroom were those of a coward;it takes no courage to confront a six year old.

Even that wouldn't have been necessary. If the teacher was there to go over the lesson plans with the sub, the sub could have mentioned that she was uncomfortable reading the poem or not. I have substituted for many years and subs are expected to "wing it" on many occasions. Teachers usually list extra things to do in their lesson plans in case the class finishes up early on certain lessons. I would be surprised if the teacher hadn't listed some other options that the sub had at her disposal.

The sub could have selected another story to read to the children or played a word game, etc. She was obviously deficient in common sense and had her own agenda, which was to ruin Christmas for the children who believed in Santa.