Ploi had yet another "relief teacher" the second last week of term - her actual teacher simply couldn't be bothered with all the covid testing etc anymore and left early with replenished bank accounts to continue the global travels. It's terrible for the kids when it is more than occasional. Ploi's comment? "I couldn't be bothered to remember his name, since he can't be bothered to learn ours. And he's the fourth one this term."
It's possibly a more important gig than you care to know, in this covid time where the kids are craving stability.
Know you well enough to know you WILL be that relief teaching bothering with names. And really trying. x Sending hugs.
Oh that's terrible. I always feel such a sense of responsibility and care, if I'm in for a day, a week or a term! Even when I'm trying to put a bubble of self care around myself... the kids are worth our care.