Subs should teach, not babysit
By fehren 
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Although many complain and moan about their disdain towards their teachers, the teachers are not the problem. The problem is when the teachers aren't there. It is difficult not to feel that your time is being wasted when you come to class and are stuck with an incompetent substitute who has no knowledge of the curriculum. If substitute teachers do not have some knowledge of the subject they are supposed filling in for, then schools should just hire babysitters. It would be a whole lot cheaper. On too many occasions, students, who would rather not be at school in the first place, come to class with an absent teacher and are stuck either spending the period doing busy work, participating in an irrelevant activity, or watching some movie that is either boring as heck or, if stretched, might possibly relate to the curriculum. We do not need a babysitter. We need a teacher. Before money is spent building a new football field or improving the weight room, someone should think about the actual reason we are in school—to learn. And thus, substitute teachers should be trained not only in competency, but in knowledge of the subject they are going to represent.
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PRIMARY ISSUE : OTHER ISSUES
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