[Hope74]

After being with adults pretty much all the time since age 18, it was funny to start working with teenagers - they have a funny (sometimes), frank way about them. Anyway, here are a few things I've learned...

I put on chapstick using 2 hands... I had no idea.
I smile a lot, perhaps too much (I'm hearing that less this year - it was probably a nervous smile).
Other people really DO notice when I have dry skin.
I use big words and funny words. The other day a couple girls pretty much lost it when I said "humdinger" and kept trying to make me say it again.
I look younger than I am.
And I look like Nicole Kidman!

Any similar experiences among you?

[Mod-LilSunshine]

Oh my gosh...those are too funny!! Great question!

My 2nd graders always want to talk about how old I am! They usually say...my mom and/or dad is wayyyyy older than you are. LOL I'm not looking forward to the day they tell me I'm wayyyy older than their parents.

They also notice whenever I make a mistake.

Let me keep thinking about this!

[Hope74]

Originally Posted by LilSunshine

My 2nd graders always want to talk about how old I am! They usually say...my mom and/or dad is wayyyyy older than you are. LOL I'm not looking forward to the day they tell me I'm wayyyy older than their parents.

Ohhhh.... yeah. When I have shared my age, there's often a student who will say his/her mom is about my age. THAT has definitely made me feel much older... these people are almost adults themselves!! I'm YOUNG, darnit!! I'm pregnant with my first!

[chemlady]

This year they've noticed:
that some of my hairs are now white (as the junior in hs told me)
that I'm tired a lot
whenever I mispronounce a word or make a mistake

[Clare]

Mine always comment on my age, they either think im a lot older or a lot younger than I am! They also always always always notice when I make a mistake.

[Hope74]

Yeah - ditto on students noticing mistakes. I'm totally grateful if they catch me bungling up an explanation, but I could do without the typo alerts!

[JennyBlossom]

This spring I got a new pink watch, and one of my students pointed it out. And then she goes, "GEE you where a LOT of pink!!!"

And form then on, I couldn't where ANYthing pink without the girls pointing it out. LOL

[LovinMommy]

I have one little boy who notices everything about my hair - when I straighten it, when I leave it curly, when I cut it, when I color it - EVERYTHING! LOL!

[TheMrs]

I look like Taylor Swift.
My belly keeps getting BIGGER.
I always wear "those shoes".
I never wear my hair up.
I look like a teenager.
My desk is messy but always clean when they get there.

I teach kindergarten.

[LJD3Tdance]

Mine say things like that, but I guess they haven't stuck with me.

[The Jenn]

Hmmm...

Miss, you know you have gray hair, right?
Did they have yearbooks when you were in high school?
What are you, like 40-something? (I just turned 30...)

I'm sure there are more. They mostly try to make me feel old.

[Hope74]

Originally Posted by JennLovesEm

Miss, you know you have gray hair, right?

Oooohhhh... how helpful!

My kids also tell me things I might not have been sure about. I already mentioned dry/chapped skin. But another really helpful thing is when they inform me that the phone is ringing... I had NO idea!!!