Do you agree with this viewpoint from a teacher?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have 175 kids on my roster. I see them every other day. I barely know their names by the 2nd or 3rd week of school when we have back to school night. No way could I match them to parents.

The teacher next door to me though knows all the names by the end of the first week (I don’t know how, she’s a facial recognition genius!) and probably could match parents too.

I have no clue which parents belong to which students. After they introduce themselves, I'm usually thinking, "Really?" or "Oh, yeah. I can see that."

Just means you are not that good at identifying features and mannerisms in people.

That's not a knock or insult or anything. It's just a learned trait. Detectives are often good at it. So are used car salesmen!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes I agree.

My kids get on my nerves because they have their dad's mannerisms.

Everything they do remind me of his annoying a$$.

We are not together ...haven't been in 9 years the whole point of being away is to not have to still have his mannerisms in my home. Ugh

I feel you. I’m still married to mine though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ran into my one of my middle schooler’s teachers and had a pleasant interaction about this past school year and the overall experience of teaching.

He remarked that once he gets to know his students at the beginning of a new school year, he can almost 100% correctly identify each student’s parents at back to school night later in the fall. He said it’s amazing how similar in mannerisms and overall vibe kids this age are to their parents.

I find this incredible/hard to believe. What’s your take?

Teacher here. And yes, we can tell.

[Anonymous]

Agree.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seems unlikely. My 3 kids are very different in terms of vibes and mannerisms….

Agree, my two kids are different from each other in looks and mannerisms. Moreover, one takes after my DH and his side of the family and the other to me and mine. There is very little resemblance between DD1 and DH. If your teacher friend saw DH at her BTSN, I don’t think he’d be able to guess that they are related.

There’s a lot of tells. I match up about 80% of my students and their parents. Sometimes it’s simply wording.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We adopted. No, mine don’t look like me.

Mannerisms and vibe are not equal to looking alike.

My nephew is adopted and sometimes makes a face that looks exactly like one my BIL also makes. They are different ethnicities and look nothing alike, but their mannerisms are the same. It's uncanny.

[Anonymous]

At BTS nights, my DS2's teachers always recognized me immediately. We do look a fair bit alike. But my DS1's teachers also recognized me sometimes, even though we don't really resemble each other physically. But he and I are very much alike, and I suspect we do have similar mannerisms.

This thread reminds me of a time when I was in college and drove several hours to visit my brother at his college for the first time. A football game had just ended, and the grounds were very crowded. I parked the car and walked across the main green, with people streaming by in every direction. Suddenly, a guy coming towards me stopped and said, "Oh, are you Larlo's sister?" It was one of my brother's friends. He said, "I recognized you immediately-- you have the same walk."

[Anonymous]

If the school is small enough, sure. With lots of kids, can’t imagine the teacher would even be able to get to know the kids in 2 months.

[Anonymous]

I could tell most of the time based on their mannerisms and way of talking as well as looks.

[Anonymous]

Wow, this teacher sounds like not only a smart guy but a very intuitive one at that.

He either has a unique gift or he really takes the time + effort to get to know his pupils from the get-go.
He could be worth his weight in pure gold.

[Anonymous]

You can match them up by the smell sometimes also. Often a mom or dad will bathe in cologne/perfume and it reeks even on the kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You can match them up by the smell sometimes also. Often a mom or dad will bathe in cologne/perfume and it reeks even on the kids.

Or weed. Parents don't realize that the weed smell transfers onto their young kids.