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To ask has anybody been taught by their elder teacher sister at school , and what was it like !

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sandyholme · 25/08/2016 16:50

A bit of a light hearted thread brought on by the fact that DD2 (YR9) is dreading the fact that DD1 (YR13) is 'Deputy head girl' this coming year .

DD2 is 'dreading' being reported for bad 'behaviour' or worse suffering a dressing down from her sister in front of her friends !

Rather meanly i 'laughed' and told DD2 she needs to be on her best behaviour then!

This also brings back memories for my sister , who was in mums English class and kept getting singled out by her for 'Detention' . Mum also insisted Sister call her Mrs Holme when she addressed her in class.

Other than 'Tw**' how would you address you sister if she was teaching you Maths at 15 !

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londonmummy1966 · 25/08/2016 19:09

I taught both my DDs - one was fine but the younger one would try to play up -usually meant she spent her break standing outside the staff room. Other parents also taught although generally not their children. One mother teacher had to teach her ds one day and began the class by saying "DS if you play up I WILL embarrass you".

EreniTheFrog · 25/08/2016 19:21

My DSD has taught both DD and DS for an extracurricular class. DSD was a very popular and charismatic teacher, and it won DD and DS lots of street credit Grin

MrsMook · 25/08/2016 19:37

There's a large age gap between me and my sibling. Fortunately for them, I teach several counties away from their school!

junebirthdaygirl · 25/08/2016 19:56

When l was in college l taught my 12 year old dsis on teaching practice in my home school. In lreland so terms may be different there. She was so proud and eager to please. I coached her at home for my inspectors visit and she was my star pupil!! He didn't of course know she was my dsis and was extremely impressed. It was Irish and we were doing a drama.Over 30 years ago in case anyone comes down my throat for that. I have taught all my own 3 dc on various occasions as worked in their primary school but they never really minded. There were used to me. Except my dd called me Mom once to everyones amusement but as all teachers know all children can do that at any moment.

Only disadvantage l found with my dc was when they went to secondary if l had a complaint and they were few they were totally defensive and went mad. I often thought it was because l was a teacher.

thelostboy · 25/08/2016 21:35

She isn't actually teaching. As a sixth former I remember having to go and support younger pupils in maths and English.

I do have a colleague with 7 kids. Last year his youngest started at the secondary school where his eldest is an actual real grown up teacher. The school were doing all they could to ensure that they wouldn't end up in the same class room.

LikeDylanInTheMovies · 25/08/2016 22:56

Oh and to echo a previous poster, your daughter isn't a teacher or anything like one. To be quite frank she seems a bit puffed up by her own importance.

theclick · 25/08/2016 22:58

Your daughter seems to think she can do a lot more than she can and it may be because you've told her she can! Did everyone REALLY need to know about her AS level grades?

Doggity · 25/08/2016 23:02

What's wrong with everyone?! It was obvious that the OP was being lighthearted and not really comparing her eldest with a qualified teacher!

OutDamnedWind · 25/08/2016 23:03

Hilarious. How dare you post about hypothetical scenario? The shame!

DP has a much younger sibling and once talked about applying for a job in the local high school. I've never seen anyone look so horrified Grin (DP didn't apply in the end)

user1471466961 · 26/08/2016 00:05

I was regularly taught by an aunt. She did supply work so would turn up unexpectedly! She then got a permanent post in another school and taught her own 2 children and 3 of my cousins.

Sentry70 · 26/08/2016 00:16

That's unkind LikeDylan .

LikeDylanInTheMovies · 26/08/2016 10:37

I don't think it is sentry. The older daughter seems to be setting herself up for a fall andmaking herself unpopular, the op would, in my opinion, do better to reign in this over enthusiasm (to put it politely) rather than encourage speculation over scenarios where she could clap her younger sister in leg irons.

Sentry70 · 26/08/2016 11:33

Well LikeDylan I guess we'll have to agree to disagree and that's fair enough. I don't think that the OP has once mentioned that the older sister has said that she will do anything to the younger sister, just that the younger one has realised that the possibility exists. Therefore I thought it rather unkind to extrapolate that she was 'puffed up by her own self importance'.

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sandyholme · 26/08/2016 11:40

'leg irons' sounds good to me !

How about every time DD2 sees DD1 demanding that she salutes and curtsey to her !

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sandyholme · 26/08/2016 11:42

I also thought 3 A grades (or an Olympic Gold Medal was only average for this site)!

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