As the daughter of a principal and a teacher, it is a safe assumption that while I was growing up, I learned a lot about education. Additionally, I learned that it is impossible to get anything past my parents when it came to my own education, particularly if I wanted to hide a grade or procrastinate on homework. Here are 17 things that you can only learn if you grew up with parents who are educators.
1. You will never be able to avoid getting asked at dinner if you got any grades returned
2. Saying, “Everyone else did really badly, too!” is usually met with an unimpressed expression
3. The names of other teachers / principals in their district
4. How there are two types of parents: the ones that expect teachers to raise their children and helicopter parents who think they know more than the teacher
5. Public and private educators are viewed in extremely different ways
6. Politicians who want to run schools like businesses don’t have a clue
7. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie … (see No. 6)
8. Other people don’t appreciate teachers enough
9. Bus duty is a long process, but it comes with a great payout
10. You’re expected to have your homework done yesterday
11. Summer vacations are so much easier
12. If your parents work in your town, it makes taking you to school a possibility
13. Inviting all of the students in your class to your birthday party is a requirement
14. Most of their co-workers will know you by your photos through the years
15. They will take parent-teacher conferences seriously
