I found it interesting that students want their teachers to know them well, but not so well that they feel like friends. Students want their teachers to know what they are thinking by what their facial expressions are saying, and to acknowledge those thoughts. Even though students want their teachers to know them well, they still want that line that lets them know that the teacher is not their friend to exist.
What drew me to this passage was the fact that students do not want their teachers to be their friend. I have heard people in other education classes asking about the line between being the teacher and being a friend. Then answer I have always heard is that a teacher should never be friends with his or her students. I agree, but there was always part of me that wondered if the students wanted a teacher who was more like a friend. Now I know for sure that they do not. I suppose kids feel similarly about their teachers and their parents. The do not want their parents to be their friends; they want them to be parents. Apparently, it is the same with teachers.
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Good QR. 3/5 The title of the posting should be "Chapter 1: Advice for Teachers from High School Students" And you don't need the header with the date and title because blogger.com will put that in for you. There are 2 typos: exixt should be exist, and "Then answer I have always heard . . . " should be "The answer . . . "
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