The worst Job in the World

is substitute teaching. I was a sub from March till the end of April and I have to say of the handful of jobs I have had it was the worse. I have never been in a position in which I was given the least amount of respect, and I am not necessarily talking about the students.
Fellow teachers and principles are the major culprits.
Just because you have never met me, just because I will be gone at the end of the day, just because I am not a "teacher", does not, and I repeat, does not, give you the right to treat me like an invader, or a fool because I do not know your schools procedures. It does not give you the right to throw me in a classroom and then get angry when I have trouble with students or the right to ignore me when I ask for help or information.
I am there to help you, I am the one who takes your place when you are sick or need a day off. I deserve your respect for the fact that I do not know from day to day whether I will be working or not. I am the one woke up at 5am and asked to work, to work for you. And the principles...you know what...each school is different, I do not know your procedures and when children are misbehaving. Why am I not allowed to send them to the principle when I am told of no other way to disciple the children and am having trouble with several of them misbehaving? I was told by one principle that she was too busy and that I needed to just deal with the kids myself even though I have no authority to give detentions or give out "yellow" slips.

As for the students...It shames me to see so many kids being raised in such a way that they lack basic respect for an adult, whether that adult knows how their classroom works or not. I have been ridiculed and completely ignored while being a sub by students of all ages but this disrepect is most common among the older children.
The little kids, 1st grade and younger, are fantastic. They are happy and loving and just a plain joy but its sad to see that change as they become older and for some, start to emulate their parents, who are also disrepectful.

What happened to respect? What happened to basic courtesy? What happened to just plain being nice? Or is this a condition that is only here where I live?
I don't know but its sad to see there kids and then their teachers act like this because I am a sub and not a regular member of their school.

Anyways, I won't be a substitute this year. I will be looking for another job while I wait to hear if I made the PhD program I applied for.