When you are growing up, teachers are very influential figures in your life. They help mold you into the person that you will one day become. Teachers are great to be around for seven hours a day Monday through Friday...but what happens when those lectures and scholarly disciplinary acts follow you home? Growing up with a teacher as a parent definitely has positive and negative aspects. Most of the time it is a blessing in disguise, however there are times when it can be frustrating. Here are ten things you know to be true if you grew up with a teacher as a parent:
1. You are ALWAYS at school early
Normal kids show up to school right before the bell rings and go straight to class. Nope, not you. You get there with your parent an hour early, and race around their room trying to help them get ready for the day. You make copies, sharpen pencils, and put papers in the students mailboxes... all before you, yourself have to go to school for seven hours.
2. You are ALWAYS at school late
After your long, hard day of school you don't get to ride the bus home and watch cartoons while eating mac n' cheese. Luckily, you get to stay after for usually about an hour or hour and a half to help clean, check papers, and prepare for the next day. How fun is that?
3. Your school-work comes before anything else
When you finally get home from school, you rarely get a break before starting your school work. You can't lie and say you don't have any because your parent probably already talked to your teacher that day and knows what all you have to do. Homework has to be done before any fun can take place.
4. Your teacher comes to your house regularly
Your parent and your teacher are probably good friends. It is not uncommon to walk down the stairs into your living room and see your teacher and parent hanging out talking over coffee. Sometimes your teacher may go out to dinner with your family or even go to a concert with you. None of these are strange occurrences.
5. People constantly ask if you are "Mrs. or Mr. _____'s" child
Students and families at school, friends, and even people you have never met before probably recognize you and know who you are. They will talk your ear off about how your parent was so and so's teacher one year or about how much they loved them and if your parent remembers who they are (it was 20 years ago Johnny I doubt my mom remembers you).
6. You are basically a celebrity in your parent's classroom
Your parent's class thinks it is so awesome when you walk into the room. All of the students run and hug you like you are famous. They also somehow oddly know everything about you and act like they are your best friend and want to hang out all the time.
7. Your friends are sometimes nervous to come over your house
It is likely that at one point some of your friends were in your parent's class. During those years it is not strange for your friends to be shy and very unusually polite and calm when they come over your house. They act like little angels just so they don't get in trouble at school on Monday.
8. You find out if there is a snow day before any of your friends
You are the go-to person the night before a snow day. All of your friends are waiting for your parent to get the call and YOU get to confirm if the rumors are true or not...it is such a cool power to have over people. Students go nuts over snow days.
9. Summer vacation is a riot
Your parent has the WHOLE summer off so you always get to do a bunch of cool things. Vacations, pool days, waterparks, your parent gets to take you and your friends all over the place for the entire summer. How lucky are you!?
10. Your parent loves and cares about you and your education more than anything
Lastly, your parent knows how important an education is. Your mother or father push you to be the best you can be because they know what you are capable of, and they love you and only want the best for you.
Having a teacher as a loving parent isn't so bad after all.
