Megan, 31, was between marketing jobs in Denver when a friend told her substitute teaching paid $140 a day. She covered sophomore English on a Tuesday and by Wednesday the boys' soccer team had petitioned the principal for a mandatory Tuesday study hall — in the English room specifically. (Her friend who made the referral says she's still getting thank-you texts.) The girls in class reportedly loved her too, because she let them spend the period watching a documentary instead of parsing The Great Gatsby. The boys were considerably less focused on the documentary. Megan told us she'd sub again "if the rate went up." The school board is apparently reconsidering the rate.