If you were a teacher, would you be friends with your students on Facebook?

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No way. I know someone who does something similar, accepts his student’s friend requests on facebook – and I agree with you. The whole thing strikes me as creepy. Perhaps as adults, after highschool.. I don’t know. Not younger kids. Something about it that I just don’t like.

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