Substitutes Stink Sometimes

By Janet L Adams

Michael's world was about to crash as he learns that he is going to have an extended substitute teacher. He does not like change! He absolutely adores his homeroom teacher, Mrs. Graham, and will now have to deal with continuous changes with Mrs. Snelling. Will he adapt, or will he struggle?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Page Publishing, Inc.
• Release date: Aug 16, 2022
• ISBN: 9781662475221

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Substitutes Stink Sometimes

Janet L Adams

Copyright © 2022 Janet L. Adams

All rights reserved

First Edition

PAGE PUBLISHING

Conneaut Lake, PA

First originally published by Page Publishing 2022

ISBN 978-1-6624-7521-4 (pbk)

ISBN 978-1-6624-7522-1 (digital)

Printed in the United States of America

Table of Contents

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 1

Four Weeks

Four weeks! That's what the note said that I handed to my mom. Beginning next Monday, my class was going to have a substitute for four weeks. We just returned from Christmas break, and everything was normal. I hate it! Mrs. Graham is the best second grade teacher in the world, and she is having surgery and will be gone for four weeks. She didn't even warn us that she wouldn't be there until that Friday afternoon. I already miss her and want her back.

Only five days have passed with the drill sergeant, Mrs. Snelling. It might as well be Mrs. Smelling for how she is stinking up the whole class with different rules. Whoever heard of a name like Snelling? It reminded me of a snail that is slowly moving from one place to the next. Oh, this is going to be miserable.

Mrs. Graham is sweet, just like the cracker. I hope that she wasn't too scared of hospitals. Once, I fell and pulled my arm out of the socket and had to go to the emergency room. They took Xray of my arm to make sure that it wasn't broken. It hurt really bad, not the Xray, but my arm. Once they looked at the Xray pictures, it only took a minute to put my arm back in place. I wish the doctors could fix Mrs. Graham's problem that quickly, but it was going to take four weeks.

Mrs. Graham really understands me. She greets me with a smile and always asks me a question. I like that! She has nicknames for all of her students. I know I can be difficult at times, but she knows me and I know her. I hoped the doctors can get her feeling better by next week. I don't think I can take much more of this.

On Monday, the first day with the substitute, Mrs. Snelling put my name in The Book. In case you haven't guessed—that was not a good thing. It was the book you have to sign if you did something wrong. It was starting to feel like kindergarten all over again. I signed my name more times than minutes in a day. Mom would question me about my day by asking, How many times did you write your name in the book?

I had a great year but had a hard time with that book thing. But then, first grade with Mrs. Daily was better. We got along like peanut butter and jelly. In the afternoons, I helped the kindergarten students in the computer lab. I liked doing that. After all, it was better than just sitting around in the classroom, waiting for others to finish their work. Our computer teacher, Miss Pecos, and I got along great. She told me how helpful I was.

Yep, first grade was good and so was second grade until this substitute thing happened.

Chapter 2

Miserable

The first day with Mrs. Snelling felt like an eternity. My mind kept thinking of Mrs. Graham. I hoped she wasn't hurting, like my dislocated arm did. I wondered if she was scared.

Mrs. Snelling first got onto me for talking to Patrick, but I really wasn't talking. Really! I tried to explain to her that I wasn't talking; I was just listening. My mom always told me to pay attention when someone was talking to you—so I did. Honest! Mrs. Graham would have understood.

Only when I