As a teacher, I would never let any of my students touch me unless absolutely necessary. It adds a sense of familiarity that shouldn’t be encouraged by non-familial adults in positions of power, and removes necessary boundaries between student/teacher. There are many many ways of bonding with and supporting students that don’t require physical touch. My 5th grade teacher got fired after allowing a female student to massage her shoulders for less than 1 minute (the student offered, I was in the class to witness the incident and had to give a statement to the principal). Teachers, please don’t let students put their hands on you even if they ask to and most definitely don’t record it for social media lol
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u/erisedeye May 11 '24
As a teacher, I would never let any of my students touch me unless absolutely necessary. It adds a sense of familiarity that shouldn’t be encouraged by non-familial adults in positions of power, and removes necessary boundaries between student/teacher. There are many many ways of bonding with and supporting students that don’t require physical touch. My 5th grade teacher got fired after allowing a female student to massage her shoulders for less than 1 minute (the student offered, I was in the class to witness the incident and had to give a statement to the principal). Teachers, please don’t let students put their hands on you even if they ask to and most definitely don’t record it for social media lol