It’s easy to forget that teachers have lives outside of school, but every once in a while teachers have their own children as students. In this case, it reminds everyone of the teacher’s home life, but here’s what it’s like from the students’ point of view: Tyson Hunka, Payton Reed, and Carter Hane are all children of teachers in the Green district. They shared some insight into what it’s like to have a parent as their possible third-period teacher. Reed talks about the pros of having her dad, Mr. Reed, as her eighth-grade teacher.
“It made the class more enjoyable, we did a lot of messing around, and it was a lot of fun,” Reed said.
One common theme between these students is that they felt more comfortable in their classroom. This was one pro of the situation, as well as being more on top of the work, and just overall having a better understanding of the subject.
On the other hand, in eighth grade, Hunka said his mom was “more strict on him” as a student in her social studies class. One student even admitted not liking how “his mom knew everything as soon as it happened.”
Moving on to high school students, both of Carter Hane’s parents are teachers at GHS. He seems to enjoy having his parents close by during the school day, but sometimes it’s not always for the best. The first question that comes to mind is how does one address their parents in the classroom.
Most said it was a combination of Mr./Mrs. and Mom or Dad, but Hane answered with a definitive, “Mommy and Daddy.”
When asked if it was easier or harder to pay attention, Hane said, “easier because I would have been grounded if I wasn’t paying attention.” As a result of this, Hane alludes that it wasn’t as much of a “vibe” as said originally.
Most of the time, other students like Taylor McCarty think her peers “absolutely get special treatment if their parent is the teacher”; however, these students disagreed with that statement.
Hane even went as far to say, “no one thought I got treated differently because my performance did not reflect the fact that my mom was the teacher.”
Weighing the pros and cons of having a parent as a teacher can be difficult. Every student, whether they are a staff child or not, has unique experiences in the classroom. But, it’s safe to say that these particular students did not have the typical learning experience in their parent’s classroom.