18 Things You’ll Have Heard If You’re The Child Of A Primary School Teacher

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18 Things You’ll Have Heard If You’re The Child Of A Primary School Teacher

1. Grammar corrections is a staple factor in your everyday conversation

2. The end-of-year presents for your teacher were ALWAYS whopper

3. Your parents knew your teachers somehow because ALL PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS KNOW EACH OTHER

4. You notice them suddenly buying a load of tea-towels around December

5. Meeting your parent's students outside of school makes you feel awful and weird

6. You've heard ''you'll be better before you get married'' maybe 80,000 times

7. Your packed lunches were organised and frozen for months at a time

8. You were never, ever allowed side schoolbags

9. Chalk riddled their clothes, your clothes, your washing, the front door and even the dog

10. They always smelled like either books, Marla, PVA Glue or poster paint

11. Your homework was checked religiously every evening

12. The one time of the year your parent gave you $$$ for school? The School Book Fair

13. There were at least five Siamsas in your home at any given time

14. They SWORE they knew someone who either swung too far back on their chair and cracked their skull, or had hoop earring related accidents

15. Most, if not all, of your presents in life were books

16. All your books were handed down to bits thanks to aforementioned Teachers Network

17. There would always be someone in your house singing an Alive-O tune

18. And finally, there was never a moment where Billy Roll wasn't in your fridge

1. Grammar corrections is a staple factor in your everyday conversation

2. The end-of-year presents for your teacher were ALWAYS whopper

3. Your parents knew your teachers somehow because ALL PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS KNOW EACH OTHER

4. You notice them suddenly buying a load of tea-towels around December

5. Meeting your parent's students outside of school makes you feel awful and weird

6. You've heard ''you'll be better before you get married'' maybe 80,000 times

7. Your packed lunches were organised and frozen for months at a time

8. You were never, ever allowed side schoolbags

9. Chalk riddled their clothes, your clothes, your washing, the front door and even the dog

10. They always smelled like either books, Marla, PVA Glue or poster paint

11. Your homework was checked religiously every evening

12. The one time of the year your parent gave you $$$ for school? The School Book Fair

13. There were at least five Siamsas in your home at any given time

14. They SWORE they knew someone who either swung too far back on their chair and cracked their skull, or had hoop earring related accidents

15. Most, if not all, of your presents in life were books

16. All your books were handed down to bits thanks to aforementioned Teachers Network

17. There would always be someone in your house singing an Alive-O tune

18. And finally, there was never a moment where Billy Roll wasn't in your fridge