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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m a teacher and while that seems a bit far fetched, when I do meet my students’ parents, I am rarely surprised. The expression that the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree is remarkably accurate. [/quote]

I’m really curious, when you say parents, do you mean you meet both parents and can “match” them to a student? Or are you claiming you can do that only on the basis of one parent? I could find the first far more believable than the second. I’m one of the first posters who was doubting OP’s claim. One of my kids looks nothing like me and is also very different in terms of academic interests and social energy if you will - an introvert with a STEM career (me) vs social extrovert who seems to be leaning towards liberal arts (DD). I guess we could have similar mannerisms but that doesn’t jump out at me. So I would find it hard to imagine that someone could match up me to her (the other DD is a mini-me so there I have no doubt whatsoever). [/quote]

I am not going to speak for everyone (not a teacher) but put it this way, liberal progressives tend to have liberal progressive looking kids, conservatives tend to have conservative looking kids, parents who clearly work out/were athletes tend to have athletic kids (and these days they dress appropriately for a sporty oriented lifestyle). It's really not surprising. Then overlay it with mannerism and body language and sentiments kids pick up from their parents. Then overlay it with hereditary features. I live in a neighborhood where I see this all the time among the kids and their parents. The lacrosse playing kids all have the exact same fathers, to use as one extreme, and the kids with dyed hair and unique haircuts and certain fashion preferences have parents who tend to have unique haircuts, certain fashion preferences even some visible tattoos. [/quote]

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