Do you find it terrifying how young some teachera are?

[UnquietDad]

DD's class teacher is 22.

TWENTY-TWO.

That means that when DW and I got married she was 12.

When DD was born she was 14 and probably necking cider with unsuitable boys in the bus-shelters.

When DD started nursery, she would only just have done her GCSEs.

i don't mind them being young. but i would appreciate it if they had to sign a contract so they would teach at the same school for at least 3 years.

One of Ds1's teachers is 20. I am old enough to be his mother! His form teacher is 22 and seems great with the boys. She just needs a bit more experience with the parents! And in fact her mother works at the same school.

LadyJogsAlot - I think we're commenting more because we have aged, rather than there is anything wrong with young teachers. With my lot the more youth and vitality then better!

yeah i know... just on a rant

Oh yes i quite like that they're young, still full of enthusiasm for the job and not had a chance to become cynical and jaded Just find it scary that they're so much younger than me!!

And my mum is a teacher with many years experience so thats not a dig at all older teachers either!

I was 22 when I started teaching full time and that was because I had taken a year out after A levels. If I hadn't have done that I would have been 21 years and 10 months old!

I was also 22 when I started teaching in secondary school, so was teaching pupils who were the same age as my sister (who I used to go to gigs with). Far scarier than that imho is when the dinner ladies STOP telling you off for coming in the main door - it was a sure sign that I was getting old!

I was in the hairdresser with my dd year 7 and she said hello to this young girl. I asked dd if she was in her class, she said
"no that's my form teacher"

I was 22 when I started teaching too, and loved it when people used to say, 'you're too young to teach', sadly they don't say that anymore...

My DS's form teach is really young as well. He was in my swimming teachers classes when he was 10 and she is the same age as me. I just want to mother him
DS likes him a lot, which is what really matters

I know it's not quite the same, but I was 19 when I started driving coaches and I got told off by a teacher for sitting in the driver's seat of my coach while waiting to pick up kids from school.

My DB was still doing his a levels when he passed his test and used to rush out of school, get his coach and then pick up kids from school. Someone actually called the council cause he was going out with a girl at school and didn't think it was right, the bus driver going out with a pupil even though they were the same age!!

Ladymuck, I'm also old enough to be dd's teacher's mum .

The children love her - in some ways she's like a big sister to them. It's also good because she bridges the generation gap iyswim (we don't know any one in their 20s)