"Kind of, I guess?" she said, shrugging a little. "I lose out on the, like, being a strong and wise authority figure thing that I might have if I was older and more experienced --"

Why yes, that was a thing she thought about a lot. In part because of her studies.

"-- but it's probably good that I can still remember pretty clearly what it was like to be a student here. And everything else that was going on for me back then, and how it felt."