Student-Teacher Boundaries.

[DramaQueen]

There's obviously a boundary that shouldn't be overstepped, but I see no problem with having a relationship with a teacher (a mean a friendship, not a romance obviously)

I was really close with two of my HS teachers, I have on on FB, and I would have the other but she doesn't have it lol. They were teachers that I spent a LOT of time with at school, one was my drama teacher (for 3 out of 4 yrs she taught me, plus with productions and stuff I pretty much saw her all the time) and the other was my french teacher in grade 9&10, she took me and a few other students on a trip to Paris, so naturally we got really close.

My Drama teacher (Ms J) and I would talk so much about both school related stuff and personal stuff, I'd go to her if I needed advice, and she even confided in me when she started dating another teacher @ out school (they're not married with a baby ).

As for My french teacher (Ms H) she was SUCH an amazing teacher and such a great person, I always really liked her, but once we went to Paris we bonded quite a bit (sitting on a 7 hour flight next to someone can do that lol)
and even in graes 11 & 12 when I had other french teachers I'd go visit her in her office and we'd just chat about lots of stuff, again I'd go to her for advice.

I make annual trips back to my old HS just go I can go see Ms J & Ms H! Ms H is hilarious and she's always telling me about all the terrible kids that go to that school now and how it was so much better when my year was there hehe. And she'll ask me about my relationship with my BF (she cried when we won prom king & queen lol) she's adorable and I just love her to death!

I don't think my friendship with either of them overstepped any bounds or helped my grade, I got 90s in both their classes, not because I sucked up or was friendly with them but because well for one, they were my two favourite subjects, and also because having them as teachers made me want to try really hard and do really well in the classes!

Okay I've gone on for long enough! lol
But one more thing, I've found @ university it's very easy to be friendly with your profs (well most of them) just visiting them in their office to discuss class related issues can help start a little relationship and most profs really like when students take interest so it's definitely not a bad thing to be friendly with your profs! hehe

 

[BabyPiglet]

Okay I've gone on for long enough! lol
But one more thing, I've found @ university it's very easy to be friendly with your profs (well most of them) just visiting them in their office to discuss class related issues can help start a little relationship and most profs really like when students take interest so it's definitely not a bad thing to be friendly with your profs! hehe

I completely agree! I go into my humanities teacher's office constantly to ask questions and stuff, so eventually we just started talking about non-class things, and I added her on facebook and everything. She said that it makes being a teacher a lot more fun when your students are friendly with you. She is seriously has the best personality, so I don't mind talking to her about all kinds of things.

 

[JarethDrakul]

My tutor's do give out bits about their personal lives but they also don't tell parts...I like that sort of thing esp. as my tutors are really friendly and kind (much more human like than my last tutor I had).

 

[Disney Princess Elli]

Some of my teachers talk about their personal lives, others don't. For example, my English teacher always tells us about his daughter and stuff.
It is against school rules, however, to add current students on Facebook.

 

[disney100666]

I like it when teachers tell us about their dogs, family, etc...
like everyone else said, it makes them seem more down to earth and real other than just a person that teaches us.
Last year, my science teacher told us everything about his life, he was so weird, but his class was hilarious. we never did anything either.

 

[Axel]

I don't mind it, honestly. Teacher's are human just like everyone else. I know there are some people out there tho, that think that teachers should act 'professionally' not just inside the school setting, but outside as well.

This child dev. teacher said that if you're a teacher, you need to watch what you do outside of school as well as in, because you may run into a parent or something but, you know? That's after hours. You're done working. If a teacher wants to go out to a store and buy 3 bottles of wine and a package of beer, then they have the right to do that because they're adults! And if they run into a parent while they're there? O-well. They're not working at the school atm. The parent can get over themselves if they don't like it.

I'm a little iffy about adding students to facebook though, just because....ok. You're a 30 year old teacher. Then you add a 13 year old student to you're personal facebook. What are you posting about on that facebook? O___O

Sure, not all teacher's would post anything 'questionable' for a 13 year old to see, but some may. And that would just be a little inappropriate. Now, I'm not saying they shouldn't post what they want to. They're adults, if they want to post that stuff then that's fine. I just really don't think that some teachers should be exposing their students to such things.

I think when we're talking about having teachers as friends on FB here, most of us who do have ex-teachers as friends are all either upper-high school or college. I think we're all college, acutally. And I hardly ever see either of the teachers I have added post anything super personal. Usually it's "grading...ugh" or "(my son/daughter)'s sports team won" or "don't forget, tomorrow's twin day for spirit week!". Stuff like that.