TLP History

Peer As Teacher (Launching May 1st)

Another version is when a student is being taught by someone their own age or ''noticeably'' younger than them, but much smarter -- for example, a high schooler getting tutoring in Algebra from a ChildProdigy or a TeenGenius teaching a college course. This can make the student(s) feel humiliated or ashamed at someone younger than them being the one they have to learn from. A Peer as Teacher can also be PlayedForDrama when the current teacher isn't a good teacher and/or refuses to educate her class properly (leaving one of the students to take over teaching so the class can learn ''anything'') or [[PlayedForLaughs for humor]] when a smarter student thinks that the lessons they're doing are too easy and takes over the class to attempt to teach their peers on their advanced level. In the former case, it's the only way the class can get a proper education and they generally succeed, while in the latter the peer teacher often end up failing miserably before [[AnAesop learning the lesson]] that not everyone matches their wits.

Another, oftentimes humorous version is when a student is being taught by someone their own age or ''noticeably'' younger than them, but much smarter -- for example, a high schooler getting tutoring in Algebra from a ChildProdigy or a TeenGenius teaching a college course. This can make the student(s) feel humiliated or ashamed at someone younger than them being the one they have to learn from. This can also be played for humor when someone dramatically younger than their own teacher -- often said ChildProdigy again -- thinks that the lessons they're doing are too easy for everyone and takes over the class, trying to get their peers to learn on their advanced level and failing miserably before [[AnAesop learning the lesson]] that not everyone matches their wits.

* ''{{Literature/Holes}}'': Back when the infamous outlaw Kissin' Kate was a kindly {{schoolmarm}} named Katherine Barlow , she taught children in the morning and adults in the evening. [[HotTeacher She was very pretty]], and some of her adult students were young men about her age who were a lot more interested in her than in getting an education -- but they ''only'' got an education.

Another version is when a student is being taught by someone their own age or ''noticeably'' younger than them, but much smarter -- for example, a high schooler getting tutoring in Algebra from a ChildProdigy or a TeenGenius teaching a college course. This can make the student(s) feel humiliated or ashamed at someone younger than them being the one they have to learn from. A Peer as Teacher can also be PlayedForDrama when a teacher isn't a good teacher and/or refuses to educate her class properly (leaving one of the students to take over teaching so they can learn ''anything'') or [[PlayedForLaughs for humor]] when a student thinks that the lessons they're doing are too easy and takes over the class to attempt to teach their peers on their advanced level. In the former case, it's the only way the class can get their education, while in the latter the peer teacher often end up failing miserably before [[AnAesop learning the lesson]] that not everyone matches their wits.

** ''Literature/AmericanGirlsSamantha'': Nellie starts school late for her age (because she had to work in a factory to support her family) and is made fun of by her younger classmates who think she's stupid for not being able to read and write and being the oldest in her second-grade class. Samantha decides to tutor her to get her into the next grade up and sets up a classroom in her attic with supplies lent to her by her own teacher, Miss Stevens. The two girls call it the Mount Better School -- a play on the name of Samantha's school, the Mount Bedford School -- and Samantha teaches Nellie reading and writing (as she soon learns that Nellie learned math making quick money choices with what little they had to support a family of five).

* ''{{Literature/Holes}}'': Back when the infamous outlaw Kissin' Kate was a kindly {{schoolmarm}} named Miss Katherine, she taught children in the morning and adults in the evening. [[HotTeacher She was very pretty]], and some of her adult students were young men about her age who were a lot more interested in her than in getting an education -- but they ''only'' got an education.

Another version is when a student is being taught by someone their own age or ''noticeably'' younger than them, but much smarter -- for example, a high schooler getting tutoring in Algebra from a ChildProdigy or a TeenGenius teaching a college course. This can make the student(s) feel humiliated or ashamed at someone younger than them being the one they have to learn from. A Peer as Teacher can also be PlayedForDrama when a teacher isn't a good teacher and/or refuses to educate her class properly (leaving one of the students to take over teaching so they can learn ''anything'') or [[PlayedForHumor for humor]] when a student thinks that the lessons they're doing are too easy and takes over the class to attempt to teach their peers on their advanced level. In the former case, it's the only way the class can get their education, while in the latter the peer teacher often end up failing miserably before [[AnAesop learning the lesson]] that not everyone matches their wits.

Another, oftentimes humorous version is when a student is being taught by someone their own age or ''noticeably'' younger than them, but much smarter -- for example, a high schooler getting tutoring in Algebra from a ChildProdigy or a TeenGenius teaching a college course. This can make the student(s) feel humiliated or ashamed at someone younger than them being the one they have to learn from. This can also be played for humor when someone dramatically younger than their own teacher -- often said ChildProdigy again -- thinks that the lessons they're doing are too easy for everyone and takes over the class, trying to get their peers to learn on their advanced level and failing miserably before [[AnAesop learning the lesson]] that not everyone matches their wits.

An EnthusiasticNewbieTeacher might be one of these, as well as a MisplacedKindergartenTeacher. Frequently the issue of a young {{Schoolmarm}} out in TheWildWest. Supertrope to SenseiChan. Compare YoungerMentorOlderDisciple; contrast OldMaster. The family version of this is PromotionToParent.

[[folder:Live-Action TV]]* At the beginning of the first episode of ''Series/{{Chalk}}'', new teacher Suzy Travis has a nightmare of herself as a five-year-old girl walking into a classroom full of men messing about and sitting on desks, telling them that she is their teacher and they must respect her -- ending with "you play fair by me, I'll play fair by you". The men look down at her with amazement and certainly no intention of respecting her. She then suddenly wakes up as her adult self.* The premise of ''Series/MrYoung'' is that 14-year-old prodigy Adam Young, who graduated university early, is a science teacher at his old high school Finnegan High School at the age of fourteen including an old friend of his and a girl he has a crush on. Due to being the same age as his students, they don't hold much respect for him at the beginning of the show. Like everything else in the show, this dynamic is PlayedForLaughs.* ''Series/MindYourLanguage'', set in an English tuition center for foreigners, has protagonist Mr. Brown (played by Barry Evans in his early thirties) as the class teacher, and most of his students are around his age. A few, like Indian housewife Jamila, Japanese CEO Taro, and Chinese Embassy secretary Su-Lee are noticeably older than him.[[/folder]]

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Peer As Teacher

The close peer grouping of the teacher to their students can result in the students not seeing the teacher as an authority figure. They may think they don't have to respect their position, [[TormentedTeacher can pick on them]], or will treat their teacher like OneOfTheKids. Many students see someone too close to their peer as someone they don't have to listen to, resulting in ignoring or disregarding the teacher's authority as head of the classroom, especially if they're {{Delinquents}}. The teacher will likely need put their foot down one way or another to make it clear that they're the one in charge, regardless of being a peer.