1.
Never being able to sleep in or get to school late.
2.
Having an endless source of money for recess and lunch purchases.
3.
Not knowing whether to say "Mr. _____"/"Mrs. _____" or "mum"/"dad".
4.
Being torn between school yard bitching about teachers and your allegiance to your parent.
5.
Never worrying about getting forms signed because if you forgot you could run to their classroom in no time.
6.
Having your parents ALWAYS know when you were in trouble because of blabbing colleagues.
7.
Always being chosen for photos when the school needed pictures because you were the only one with instant parental consent.
8.
Never being able to hide homework from them.
9.
Getting in trouble and being sent to their classroom.
10.
And going home early because you were "sick" was never an option.
11.
Having your classmates second guess the legitimacy of your good grades.
12.
Witnessing parent teacher meetings every single night at the dinner table.
13.
Never missing free dress days because your parents reminded you.
14.
Keeping your crushes way more of a secret.
15.
Knowing way too many secrets about every other teacher at your school...
16.
Sneaking a look at end of year reports before they were finished.
17.
Having the privilege of going into the staff room on the reg.
18.
Feeling like you never got a break from being with your parent…
19.
…but then seeing all the kids who never got to see their busy parents and knowing you had it pretty great.
