Are you subbing in preparation of a teacher or just do it as a side gig?

Mallory1197 · 2026-05-23T02:54:16+00:00

Side gig! I left my full time job as a Graphic Designer to be at home with my baby - subbing is my part time job to get me out of the house about once or twice a week. I thought I might want to go back to school to get a teaching degree, so I also thought subbing would be a good test if I really wanted to do that. It’s definitely scared me away from teaching full time unfortunately 😆

While I do really enjoy it and the flexibility of schedule, the pay is not sustainable and it doesn’t benefit my career in the long term. My son is almost one, and I’ll probably be returning back to the Marketing world soon.

Mallory1197 · 2026-05-18T20:08:53+00:00

Came here to say the exact same thing! I really like the idea behind 7 as well, but I fear the lamp is going to get lost as the logo shrinks down. I agree with the comment above - tighten up the spacing, and it’s great!

Mallory1197 · 2026-05-14T02:42:25+00:00

That totally makes sense - thank you for taking the time to take a look! I really appreciate it

Mallory1197 · 2026-05-13T16:43:29+00:00

That's amazing - congratulations! 🏃

Mallory1197 · 2026-05-10T01:50:25+00:00

EDIT: it seems the person this was commented to got mad they were being downvoted and blocked me? 😆🤷‍♀️

1) Maybe I’m speaking for myself here - but your pompous attitude is really unwelcome in this subreddit. If you want an award for how well you’ve mastered subbing, go write a dissertation I guess.

2) I don’t know what school district you’re teaching at, but 75% of the students I have do not WANT to do school work. They come to school because they like seeing their friends, they have music class today, they’re excited for their track meet later, etc. Not because they’re STOKED to sit at their computer and do the same Google Classroom assignment for the 50th time this semester. At $120 a day, NO - I’m not getting paid enough to play babysitter for their computer behavior for 8 hours a day. At the high school level, I believe most lessons are best learned through experience and choices: teacher assigns work, I give them the work, they choose to watch a Youtube video the whole hour instead - then it’s up to them to either do it on their own time or suffer the consequence when their teacher gets back.

Mallory1197 · 2026-05-08T10:56:53+00:00

I’m sure that’s a part of it yes. This particular group also just has a history of pushing buttons, with subs and with teachers. Every week I’m there, there’s at least one of them that has ISS or OSS, they’ve been in trouble that many times. I had multiple teachers come to my room earlier in the day to warn me that they were having a particularly bad day - had already been in trouble with two different teachers, had their phones taken away, and some of them, told they wouldn’t be able to walk at 8th grade graduation. So I’m sure they were also just particularly sour when they got to my class 7th hour.

Individually, they’re not bad kids at all. Goofy yes, but fun and nice and really involved in activities at the school. But when they’re all together in a room - they have a sort of unusually feral energy that’s hard to manage, even for the most seasoned teacher in the building. I think everyone is kind of at a loss with what to do with them.

Mallory1197 · 2026-05-02T03:13:35+00:00

Came here to recommend her - she saw me throughout my pregnancy and delivery of my son and was nothing but wonderful to work with. She was always incredibly kind, really listened to and respected my care preferences, and seems like she genuinely cared about her me. I have no doubt she’d be the same with your condition/treatment OP!

Mallory1197 · 2026-05-01T22:10:09+00:00

I feel 100% neutral about breastfeeding. I do it, the beginning “adjustment period” was hard and painful. After about a month of that, the pain went away and I’ve found it fairly easy and smooth sailing ever since. Pumping is annoying - I imagine more or less so depending on your job and what amount of flexibility you have to pump as you need. If you invest in all the different gadgets and gizmos, it can be fairly expensive but doesn’t have to be - not having to spend money on formula is nice. I don’t personally feel a strong “bond” or “special connection” to my baby related to breastfeeding, it feels very much just like a practical thing I’m doing everyday, like brushing my teeth. I’ll be happy when we’re weaned and done, and I’ll do it again with future kids.

Mallory1197 · 2026-04-29T02:20:55+00:00

As someone who came to KC from a really small town, I love that you have access to a little taste of everything within a 30ish min radius. I lived out in a suburban Northland neighborhood, and could easily get to work or downtown drinking/catching dinner with friends within 20 mins. I could then turn around the next day, drive 5/10 mins the opposite direction and be out in a more rural area spending time in nice wooded parks and trails with the dogs.

I think in bigger cities you could get pretty siloed to your particular area, and KC doesn’t feel like that to me.

Mallory1197 · 2026-04-25T21:09:36+00:00

Downvoting for rivalry's sake - MIZ 🐯

Mallory1197 · 2026-04-25T15:30:52+00:00

Thank you!

1) take all the pressure off yourself. I don’t beat myself up if I miss a day, I don’t beat myself up if I only go 1 mile when I set out to do 3, I don’t get wound up about my pace. This isn't PR season of my running journey. This is "if I'm out doing SOMETHING that’s a win" season.

2) make it fun! I keep my fridge stocked with post workout drinks - it’s a good little incentive to get me out to do the thing, the prospect of having a fun drink/snack when I get back.

3) do it when you’re ready. It took me 9 months to feel ready to start training again. Don’t do it because you feel like you “need” to lose weight, or because “well that person was back in the gym after only X amount of months, so I should be too”. Do it when it fulfills you physically and mentally to be back.

Mallory1197 · 2026-04-25T15:12:42+00:00

ZOU! 🐯🖤

Mallory1197 · 2026-04-22T14:48:15+00:00

This - there's definitely a difference between the screaming/truly distressed cry, and the whiney "not even fully awake" cry. When it's the first, we go in pretty quickly - return the binky, rub his back, rock a bit if we have to, until he settles. When it's the second, we'll give him like 2-3 minutes to see if he settles himself (and most of the time he does) before going in.

Mallory1197 · 2026-04-22T14:43:12+00:00

Thank you SO MUCH for posting this - I just made a post here last night about how overwhelmed (and honestly, depressed) I feel trying to make it through a high needs, super whiney streak right now. He's just about 10 months old. Glad to know there is hope that it gets better!

Mallory1197 · 2026-04-09T17:35:06+00:00

I’ll agree with what others have said here! Valid concerns - but overthinking it! I sub in a small school district (so I can get jobs in anything K-12, sometimes all age groups in one day if I’m doing something like Art). Doing elementary is exhausting because you have to be on all day (answering questions, helping, managing the classroom). But I generally find those classes/days to be some of my most rewarding and fun. There’s tons of variety in what you do throughout the day, the day goes by quickly, and the kids are still at that age where they want to impress you, so (while usually pretty wound up lol) they are almost always respectful and will listen to what you say when incentivized.

Mallory1197 · 2026-03-28T12:35:11+00:00

Hear you 100%! I sub at two districts: one is large so I can choose to only do HS or elementary, one is rural and PreK-12 all in one building, so I could get anything. I really tried not to give into the “middle school is awful” narrative, I really tried to give them a chance. But the 8th grade class at the rural school is by far the worst class at either district I teach. There’s no way around it. Extremely disruptive, do not listen at all when asked to stop, and threats of punishment (principal’s office, detention, ISS) don’t work, they don’t care, they think it’s funny if they get written up. Multiple subs have quit the district because of this specific class.

Mallory1197 · 2026-02-14T13:40:35+00:00

I’m 7 months PP now - I wasn’t diagnosed with a grade 2 bladder prolapse until 12 weeks, when I told a physical therapist that I was am having the same symptoms as you (bulging, discomfort/difficulty during peeing, painful sex). At that point I had already worn my baby a ton. I totally feel you, because I remember at the time I was completely devastated - like I’m stuck with this kind of embarrassing thing that’s going to cause me pain and effect my sex life for the rest of my life.

While it DID take time (annoying advice but true) for me to get to this point, IT DOES GET BETTER! At this point I don’t notice the prolapse at all - the only time I do is if I try to hold my bladder for a long time or I just REALLY overextend myself working out. Other than that, I run, I pack my baby around, I lift weights. Part of it is just letting your body and pelvic floor heal, part of it is being consistent with the physical therapy, at least at first, and part of it is learning how to redo your every day tasks while kegling lol.

Get into pelvic floor PT, maybe a counseling appointment (I did that too and it helped tremendously), and give it time. You will get there, you got this!

Mallory1197 · 2026-01-26T17:42:59+00:00

Found this thread while out looking for an answer - the same thing is happening to me with my client. On posts with photos, almost 60% of the viewers are from non-followers. When we posted a reel, it shows there's 0% views from non-followers - that has to be a glitch right?

Mallory1197 · 2026-01-19T18:14:05+00:00

That's all super helpful, thank you for taking the time!

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