This past Friday I took my first official sick day not just at HJ MacDonald, but as a teacher. Now I have had to take days off due to professional development, planned events, and even the memorial service of a young man taken way too soon (T4T). But, Thursday my two youngest kids had doctors appointments and got their shots. As parents we know that most of the time this is not a problem, but on occasion there can be reactions. Soon after the appointment, my wife left with her mother and my daughter to visit family in Florida. I was left with the three boys. Things were going well, boys night... pizza ordered, TV all warmed up--- Showers out of the question!
Well, I should have seen it coming when my pizza order arrived messed up, but I did not. The youngest, Brady, went to bed early... he was tired. He fell asleep missing mom so i let him into my bed. When it was my time to get to bed, I moved him to his bed and tried to sleep. This is when the fun started. Brady started having a bad dream, hallucinating really. He was convinced that someone was coming in our house but it was our two kittens playing in the living room. He had a fever, could not get to sleep and wanted mom who was driving through Florida by this time. At around 5am I put in a request through our Subfinder program to get a sub. This is for a Friday and these are hard to fill. Most subs have already used their allotted 3.5 days that Craven County approves. As 7am rolls around, I still had no sub and had been calling people for an hour. My teammates were helping me, but no luck. My administration said I needed a sub so I put out a Facebook request. No sub, but a neighbor said she could watch the boys. I dropped them off at her house and went in to school. As I got there I was told that the book keeper (thank you Mrs. Garner) found me a sub and had pieced the day together. I could go home and spend the day with my son (an amazingly my 10 year old had a morning headache once he found out Brady was staying home!) I tell you all of this because todays youth gets a bad rap for many things, but when I stopped in my classroom that morning, not only were my kids well behaved and working, they asked why i was out. i told them and I heard this: "We got you Mr. C, take care of your son." I say it all the time, I do not teach Science, I teach kids and that day, my kids in the classroom were growing up. They knew that I had their back whenever necessary and that day, they had mine. I had built up enough trust with them in 50 school days to know they would be good for the sub, handle a day where things were different, and get their work done. I hated being out sick, my wife usually handles these things, but I knew my team, my students, and my school had my back that day. Thank you to all involved. With emphasis today... One Vision, One School, One Squad!!! ... Every Day!
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