The shenanigans our classmates orchestrated under the supervision of unfortunately unaware substitute teachers are something that we're likely to remember many years afterward. It's one of those things that are such a universal experience that long ago worked its way from real life over into becoming a trope in popular culture.
The greatest example I had of this was in 8th grade when my Advanced Geometry teacher had a few weeks off work, and we, of course, were to be taught instead by a substitute teacher, an ancient woman who probably went through school before geometry was even invented… at least that would have explained why she had a third-grade understanding of the subject. She literally couldn't answer the most simple geometric question if her life depended on it, and, well, it sort of did.
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The kids were ruthless once they caught on to this, and the fact that she had an authoritarian attitude stemming from an obvious disdain for middle schoolers did her no favors and only stirred the students' hunger for her downfall, like sharks sensing blood in the water. Keep in mind, this class was full of the nerdiest and geekiest, normally shyest students in the school, but that didn't stop them from acting like wild animals; this substitute was their Nurse Ratchet—only smaller, shriveled, prunier, but twice as hateful.
The situation continued to devolve, and the Vietnam Veteran woodshop teacher and the administration had to get involved. Letters were sent home to parents, but still, the class refused to settle down or respect this substitute. Eventually, she had to be removed from the classroom, and it was the last time she had ever taught at the school.
Anyways, the point here, and the segue into our story, is that kids like to try and take advantage of substitute teachers—whether the teacher deserves the bad behavior or not. This teacher wasn't having it and got back at the students in the class they were teaching when the students tried to cheat on their test.
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