How would you feel if your mom suddenly becomes your homeroom teacher?

WHY do you feel that it would be more embarrassing if it was mom than if it was dad???
The other kids might not find out on the first day, but that’s a secret that NEVER seems to remain hidden!!! Having her for homeroom shouldn’t be a problem. My school wouldn’t allow a parent to be a child’s teacher on any given subject. We had twins whose mother was a Latin teacher. Since Latin was a mandatory class, they were put in the class of the other Latin teacher.

It happens from time to time.

By the way, my kids had their father as a teacher for computer class, and they loved it.

Assuming these are your real parents, I wonder what’s up with you that your mother embarrasses you to that extent? Is she really that bad?

It all depends on what kind of a relationship you have with your mom.
I do not think that keeping it a secret is a good path. I have known many people who are teachers and have taught in the same school as their kids. It was never an issue for any of them.

Is homeroom just 5 minutes and then you go to your next class? I wouldn’t care. I wouldn’t care that she is my homeroom teacher or that the other kids know. Keeping it a secret sounds like a really bad plan, because of course people will eventually know. When I was a teen I used to get embarrassed sometimes by my parents, but my friends loved my parents, and now I see how foolish I was to feel that way. I don’t know the situation with your mom, but a assuming she is overall a good person and likeable, I would try to put aside any negative feelings you have and embrace the situation. If she is actually teaching a class that gives you a grade, I would try to switch out of her class, it sounds like a conflict of interest.

My fourth grade teacher had her son in my class. There were no obvious issues.

It would be a special sort of hell that I would not hesitate to discuss with my mom. In fact to have my mom and I in the same school would pose so many foreseeable problems right off the bat that I would seriously insist on one of us switching schools.

I thought there were rules to prevent this from happening? Regardless, I’d go to the school administration and complain. It’s not appropriate. Also, don’t pretend you’re not related. That’s not going to stay hidden long and you’ll just come across weird for not acknowledging the obvious to your new friends.

I can’t help but wonder why she didn’t tell me she’d be teaching at my school. That’s kind of weird. What…don’t we communicate in our family??

I agree with @smudges. I would be more concerned that my mom didn’t feel comfortable telling me before school started that she would be taking a job at my school. She might not have known that you would be in her homeroom class, but she definitely knew that she’d be working at your school. I find it sad that you don’t like your mom. Maybe you should try to look at this with a different mindset. My homeroom lasted less than 15 minutes and that teacher only verified that everybody showed up for school that day. That teacher didn’t teach the class but got us into a mind that school was beginning for the day. I might be more concerned if my mom was actually teaching one of my courses as I’d be concerned that she’d be tougher on me than the other students

I definitely wouldn’t try to hide the fact that she was my mom because the “new friends” will know for sure soon enough and it will make you look like an untrustworthy, lying person if you don’t come clean with them. I wouldn’t necessarily volunteer the fact that she was my mom; but when asked, I’d respond yes, isn’t she great

@gorillapaws At my school, a teacher is allowed to teach at the same school that their child attends; however, the school makes sure that the teacher’s child isn’t in the same class that she’s teaching. Homeroom is a completely different ballgame because the homeroom teacher doesn’t teach a subject nor give out grades. @HP I bet your mom would gladly transfer you to a different school

I often subbed at the high school my kids went to. At lunch time I’d go to the cafeteria in search of my son.
The cry would go up from the table he was at with his friends, “Your mom is coming Chris!!!”
He’d drop under the table and scramble to the other end…where I was waiting!
Then he’d scramble under the table back the other way! It was fun.
Don’t know why anyone would have a problem with their mother or father being a teacher.
@JLeslie, homeroom is a whole class.

@Dutchess_III How do you know what it’s like for the OP? My school had a 6 minute homeroom for attendance, news of the day, etc, and then while I was attending they switched it to the first period teacher taking attendance and took place of doing a separate homeroom class.

What was your homeroom class that it was an entire class? Just whatever your first period was?

Edit: I’m going to do a Q about it, so you don’t have to answer here. I’ll link the Q.

Here you go. Q about homeroom: https://i.fluther.com/231079/did-you-do-you-have-a-homeroom-class-in-your-middle/

No. It could be any one of the 6 periods, and it lasted 50 minutes, like any other class.
We got our news of the day and any announcements in first period, in the morning, what ever class that was.

^^Homeroom was a class any time of day? I don’t even understand that. So, what was the subject?

Thanks for your replies as always.

Like mentioned by few people, I guess I should’ve asked for parent rather then only mom.

This actually happened with a friend of a friend. In her case it was her older sister who suddenly became the new homeroom teacher(temporarily) when the previous teacher was on leave. And she wanted to surprise her at school.

Thanks again, I think I got the answer I was looking for.

Needless to say I would be very angry, My mom is a dirtbag already and the last thing I need is to see her 24 hours a day 7 days a week.

To be honest, I can understand what the OP is describing as far as embarrassment. At ages under 15–16 and over 8–9, kids are often embarrassed to be around their parents. Not that the parents have done anything wrong. But it’s almost like wishing no one knew they were your parents, and many other kids feel the same way. It’s also like running into a teacher somewhere outside of school and they’re wearing shorts and a t-shirt, especially if they’re attractive. It’s shocking to see them outside of their normal venue, and they’re suddenly real people and you have no idea how to act.

I do think it also has to do with your relationship with your parents – whether it’s close, strict, there’s physical punishment or abuse, they’re significantly older than most other kids’ parents, etc. When my sister was in high school our parents were in their 50’s and that was embarrassing for her, and they had a pretty good relationship. I think some kids just naturally embarrass more easily – they’re more sensitive.

My mom was my Home Ec teacher in 8th and was librarian. Was never a problem. It was a one section school, meaning only one classroom for each grade K6, so teaching your own kids was the only option.

My husband’s mom was a Lunch Lady.

You might escape the relegate consequences from such an arrangement in a tiny insular school, but the assured crushing ostracization it must generate in a large urban high school is all but inescapable.

I’ve thought about what kind of talk I’d have with one of my grandkids if I found myself subbing in their classroom.
“OK. You can call me Miss Gramma, but we’ll have let all the other kids call me Miss Gramma too!”