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Another FB question
Since it was brought up in the other post, and since I am bored, and since this board is painfully slow:)
How do you feel about teachers and students being facebook friends?
I think its inappropriate on a few levels. First, I don't think teachers should see students as "friends" as they are in a position of authority. I think it starts to blur the lines a bit. Also students seeing the teacher as a "friend" could also turn into respect issues.
Secondly, I think teens today put way too much info on their FB and I don't think teachers should be seeing a lot of that crap. Especially male/female student teacher "friendships." Too much skin showing in way too many pictures, etc IMO
Re: Another FB question
Given that I don't use facebook, my opinion doesn't count for much, but I don't think teachers and students should be facebook friends. Teachers are in a position of authority, and shouldn't be fraternizing with students. A teacher is your teacher, not your friend. I know lots of teachers see it as a way of reaching out to their students and making themselves accesible in case a student needs to talk to someone, but I still think it crosses a line.
I feel that same way in a business setting, or any setting with a 'boss' figure. I don't think it's appropriate for upper management to be hanging out after work with their subordinates.
I agree with you. I think overall people put waaaayyy too much out there on FB. I only have a about 40 "friends" of close family members and friends. I am shocked sometimes to see my younger girlfriends posting pics with their boobs popping out or pictures of their naked children and they have 250+ friends and no privacy settings. It really frustrates me.
I also don't befriend anyone from my work. Even though its a very casual family type employer for some reason its not appropiate to me.
I don't think it's a good idea either. It's just unnecessary. Teachers shouldn't be too 'buddy-buddy' with their students, and students should view their teachers as an authority they respect. Of course they can be on friendly terms in person, but there's zero need for it on FB.
Especially if I was a teacher, why would I want to restrict what I have on my FB profile just b/c some students also want to be my friend. Teachers have to be really careful about how they present themselves to their students. And, as pp said, teenagers post WAY too much stuff on FB and teachers don't need to see, say, a female students 'selfer' pic of her and her cleavage...
I completely agree with everything that has been said. I personally want my own privacy outside of school, and don't want to worry about what students might see or read. That's why I have not joined facebook. I know that there are privacy settings and all that, but I would still feel like I can't live my life outside of school. Not to say that there is anything that I would be uncomfortable with them seeing, but I am still young and go to parties and such. I agree that teachers are professionals and need to stay that way to their students.
I know a few teachers that are friends with students, and have their arguments for why it is a good thing. I just don't think it is necessary, because we see them so much at school.
I agree that teachers shouldn't be friends with their students on FB. From the teacher side of it I think there is some awkwardness to it on the teacher's side if they were to find out too much information. I think that the line between teacher and friend can be very blurry even in classrooms between teachers and students, esp in high school. However, I think it can be great for teachers who maintain their professionalism as a teacher but be very involved in their students lives by showing that they care and being friendly/friends. I know that the teaching that can happen when a student knows that their teacher really cares for them can be monumental and I had some of those teachers in my life. One of my teachers invited her whole math class to her wedding and I invited one of my great teachers to my wedding. I (as a teacher) have attended several of my students events, hockey and piano recitals, and that could be seen as some by being too much but it was huge in the lives of my students. But that's a little rabbit trail I guess. On another rabbit trail... one of my friends who teaches grade 1 always refers to them as her Grade 1 friends which I find a little annoying but whatever.
I'm a high school teacher and would NEVER have any of my students on facebook. My profile is locked down a well so they can't access it. Our board "strongly discourages" us from even having a FB account, and some of the students at my school are so manipulative that if a teacher had them on FB, they could get themselves into serious trouble. I actually stumbled upon a few of my students on the FB of a coworker - it's just creepy!
I agree that it's nice to maintain a personal relationship with your students to a certain degree. Knowing that you care does go a long way, but I think FB is the wrong way to go about it.
I think this is a great point and I agree. I think attending extra curricular events of students is perfectly fine, because parents are present and it show students that you care about what they are doing outside of school too. This is the argument that some of my coworkers have about facebook - that students know you are there and they feel safer knowing the teacher is reading what they are saying and what is being said to them (it shows the teacher cares). I just think there needs to be some boundaries.