With so many teachers heading home to care for their new family editions, students are left struggling to adjust to their temporary replacements. Here are three keys to surviving the sub.
Be Adaptive
The new sub is just that, new. There teaching method, and classroom expectations may not mirror those of your original teacher.
Be Understanding
You aren’t the only one in a new environment. Don’t expect the sub to be perfect. Give them time to figure out just how everything runs.
Be Respectful
They were given a lesson plan, and some brief teaching tips. But you can’t go just by the book. Remember that your new teacher might be as overwhelmed as you are.
![Junior Venti Neaderhiser and senior Dylan Paflas work on their robot March 21 in Room C. The robotics team worked on their robot, Fred, to prepare for the FRC Worlds competition. “I was working with the bumpers on our robot that protect [the] frame [for] when we hit or bump into something,” Neaderhiseri said. “We have put a lot of work into building and coding the robot and have run into many difficulties but we have overcome every issue.” photo by Jack Pischke](https://smnw.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/JPischkeRoboticsteam-7-1-1200x795.jpg)
