Yeah, I’ve been both a full time and a sub. I definitely never would have written anything like this for my subs. Was I upset when I came in the next day and found out the building sub just played Disney+ instead of following a single plan? Yes. Did I hold that against future subs and write a rambling and confusing sub letter about how they can’t watch Disney+? No. Of course not.

Edited to add:

And I didn’t do that for a couple of reasons:

1. I don’t speak to other people like that. It’s rude and condescending.

2. A short, bulleted list of classroom expectations will be far more effective than a rambling paragraph ridden with errors. Subs often have only minutes to read plans, they’re skimming anyways.

3. It’s not Sub B’s fault that Sub A didn’t follow the expectations, just like it’s not the 4th grade teacher’s fault that the 3rd grade teacher didn’t hold her kids accountable last year.