I’m a teacher and I have had students try to figure out where I lived before. It wasn’t malicious but they did rattle off my license plate number and were trying to get info about where I moved to. Didn’t sit right with me so now I have a policy of not telling them where I live.
I thought it would be too when I first realized it but it's actually been okay. They don't come by my house and mess with me at all. They just holler at me when I'm driving in and out of the neighborhood and they spot me. I also get yelled at a lot in the Walmart or whatever. They're always so excited to see me like they don't realize that I'm a real person outside of school or something.
They very likely just went there in the morning for a harmless and wholesome prank. Teacher seemed to love it too. I really struggle to see what’s wrong about it.
It's just a privacy thing. When you work in education, school is work, students are work, you give them all your best, but when you're at home, you do not want work. He seems happy about it, so no harm done, but if I were the principal in this circumstance (not enough money in the world for me to be admin), I'd be a little "jfc, how do they know where I live?" Then again, I also live a county over from where I work.
“Even though I’m a really great teacher” says only the not really great teacher. Part of “being really great” at something is also knowing that you aren’t. Only the worsts say that they’re great. Sounds like “I’ve peaked”.
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u/abenevolentgod Aug 22 '26
my completely made up response is one of the kids lives near him and sees him in the neighborhood.