Is a teacher pupil relationship more symbiotic than thixotropic and if not should it be?

Question

Is a teacher pupil relationship more symbiotic than thixotropic and if not should it be?

Answer 1

I don't think you can apply the term thixotropic to people, it's not really suitable.

However there is an element of symbiotism in the teacher - pupil relationship as the teacher will learn from the pupil.  Maybe not in knowledge, but in teaching experience and inter-personal relationship skills.

It's also symbiotic as the teacher needs the pupil otherwise (s)he'd have no job, although not purely symbiotic as it would require individuals to depend on one another's actual existance, not just employment.

Answer 2

You know, I often wonder that myself..

Answer 3

My relationships with all authority figures are geneally thixotropic.

They start really well but tend to become less stable over time.