Put this to a friend of mine whose mam taught at her small rural secondary school. She had two older siblings at the same school too.
“Weird. We couldn’t really misbehave so that’s probably why we all went so wild at college.”
Makes sense. She really did get weird with it in college.
It could be lifesaving in those rare occasions that you accidentally call the teacher ‘Mom.’
My mom was one of our lunch ladies in elementary school. It was great lol free desserts, extra food, and I would go sneak chocolate milks during a bathroom break.
My brother had my father as substitute teacher few times my dad never told me about it but his friends said that it was hilarous. He never told him by his name only “Yes teacher”, “Mr.” …
Not quite the same, but my Sunday school teacher, who was also one of my parent’s best friends, was my secondary school English teacher. I was always nervous when I got a bad grade in my class, or stepped out of line he’d go tell them. To his credit, he never did, he also didn’t treat me any different to all the other kids in the class. When in church, he was back to being “parent’s friend mode”. Good guy, he was a mentor to me outside of school and I miss him.
It’s forbidden in Germany!
If you happen to go to a school where your parent is employed, you will never land in a class that your parent is teaching. Homeschooling is also forbidden by the way.
Nice! Homeschooling mostly causes mayhem here. So many parents try it for a year or two and then send back illiterate kids to the public system.
Honestly it didn’t seem to cause problems when someone had their own parent, but I can see why there’d be worry.
Always wondered the same thing. Nice question.
My ex’s mom was a teacher, certainly made dating tough
My mother had this, although he was more a chef in the school kitchen and such.
She disliked it by heart because she couldn’t skip classes easily anymore. Though, she mentioned, she just waited till the very last moments and then still skipped the classes.
My school I’ve gone to being a private one, this has had always been a lot rarer, as people like that typically become faculty members of public schools, but long ago there was someone in my peer group with a teacher parent. Lots of Sharkboy and Lavagirl vibes there because the teacher/parent would go out of their way to comment on the classmate, single her out, and be wary of anyone who became friends with her. I remember whenever a test was to be given and graded, the parent/teacher would be absent.
