# My job is humorously tied to human reproduction

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 21, 2006, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-job-is-humorously-tied-to-human-reproduction/349289 "2006-03-21T15:23:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Incubus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c68b51/32.png) [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2006, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-job-is-humorously-tied-to-human-reproduction/349289/1 "2006-03-21T15:23:43Z")

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For much of this school year, I have been trying to get called in to substitute long-term. The reasons are practical and many- I get more experience working as a teacher by being able to be in the same classroom for a period of time instead of one day, I get to wake up each morning knowing exactly _where_ I am going to work, how to get there, what time, etc 😃 , and I get a steadier paycheck out of it.

From what I have observed, the best and most consistent situation to have to clinch this arrangement is to substitute for a teacher who is on maternity leave. Quite a few teachers in their 20’s are having babies, and humorously enough their desire to reproduce means that I have an opportunity to get guaranteed work for more than just one day at a time. Right now I’m in that situation. Ironically, the woman I am subbing for is having a difficult pregnancy, which gives me the opportunity to substitute long-term. Supposedly, she will be out for the rest of the semester, and hopefully if I don’t in fact get called in for jury duty (I am crossing my fingers here) then I might be able to substitute long-term, which would be wonderful experience for me.

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**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2006, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-job-is-humorously-tied-to-human-reproduction/349289/2 "2006-03-21T15:28:24Z")

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Admit it–you’re impregnating all those teachers, aren’t you?

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2006, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-job-is-humorously-tied-to-human-reproduction/349289/3 "2006-03-21T15:39:16Z")

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[QUOTE=ultrafilter]  
Admit it–you’re impregnating all those teachers, aren’t you?  
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Word on the street is that it was you.