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Student-Teacher Relationships: Simple or Complicated?

Saleen Chioda by Saleen Chioda0

At what point is it OK for a student to date a teacher? If the student is under age it is obviously a huge no-no! Although in college most students are going to be of age. With that being said, there is a very fine line that separates cute and innocent from questionable and indecent student-teacher relationships.

Now let’s say you aren’t very good at math. We all know the famous saying, C’s get degrees. We are nearing the end of the semester and you have an infamous D average.  Now we have three choices, we can:

  1. A) Sneak in a bit of flirting with the professor, a little bit of talking after class, and let them know that you really like their outfit today.
  2. B) Work really hard for the rest of the semester, and hope that it pays off in the long       run.
  3. C) Do the same amount of work you have been doing throughout the entire semester and hope that you can pull off a C.

Well to be honest if it were me, I would do a combination of A and B. Flirting can’t and won’t hurt anything. It is simply two people talking.

Now, let’s say the flirting goes a bit too far. This is where the two parties could possibly get themselves into trouble.  When the relationship between the student and teacher turns physical, there could be unwanted behavior from one, or both parties, and that is not even considering the feelings of the school on the subject.

Let’s start with the student being on the receiving end of an unwanted relationship. This could be very dangerous due to the fact that if the student wanted to end things badly enough, then they could more than likely end this teacher’s career.  This would be a really bad thing.  The student could choose to reject the relationship at any time, therefore the teacher would have to be extremely careful!.

If the teacher were on the end of an unwanted relationship, this would be a little less sticky.  The teacher would have a few more options in order to stop a conflict with the student.

I would have to say, to stay on the safe side, that student-teacher relationships are not a good idea. Talking won’t get you in trouble. Just keep in mind talking and flirting can quickly turn into touching and emotions.

The easiest way to not get caught up in sticky situations is to avoid them all together. So here is an idea. Let’s all just convert our answers solely to B, and work really hard the rest of the semester to try to pull our grade up to the C we all want.

In this photo taken Feb. 12, 2015, sixth grade teacher Carrie Young, back center, answers questions from her students about an exercise on their laptops as they practice for the the Common Core State Standards Test in her classroom at Morgan Elementary School South in Stockport, Ohio. On Tuesday, Ohio becomes the first state to administer one of two tests in English language arts and math based on the Common Core standards developed by two separate groups of states. By the end of the year, about 12 million children in 28 states and the District of Columbia will take exams that are expected to be harder than traditional spring standardized state tests they replace. In some states, they'll require hours of additional testing time students will have to do more than just fill in the bubble. The goal is to test students on critical thinking skills, requiring them to describe their reasoning and solve problems. (AP Photo/Ty Wright)
In this photo taken Feb. 12, 2015, sixth grade teacher Carrie Young, back center, answers questions from her students about an exercise on their laptops as they practice for the the Common Core State Standards Test in her classroom at Morgan Elementary School South in Stockport, Ohio. On Tuesday, Ohio becomes the first state to administer one of two tests in English language arts and math based on the Common Core standards developed by two separate groups of states. By the end of the year, about 12 million children in 28 states and the District of Columbia will take exams that are expected to be harder than traditional spring standardized state tests they replace. In some states, they’ll require hours of additional testing time students will have to do more than just fill in the bubble. The goal is to test students on critical thinking skills, requiring them to describe their reasoning and solve problems. (AP Photo/Ty Wright)

 

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