Is it ok for me to give my teacher my email address?

Question

m and my teacher we are really good friends and tomorrow is out last day of school and i wanted to know if it would be ok for me to give him my email address so we can keep in touch over the summer?

Answer 1

This is incredibly dodgy territory. How old are you? What exactly do you mean by "Good friends" instead of asking here why not ask your parents? I'm sure you must have talked about him a lot if he is a really good teacher. Or is it that you have a crush on him because such relationships place both of you in a very difficult position. He has a professional ethical code to answer to, and if he is a good teacher you might be putting him in a difficult position whereby he may not feel he can accept your addy, yet not want to offend you.

Please try and discuss this with you parents or an adult you trust (other than him of course), if in doubt then do not pass you addy on.

My son had his maths teacher e.mail addy but he gave it to the whole class in case they neded any help with homework and he took the precaution of letting his head of dept know what he had done too. On the other hand my daughters ex-science teacher who was every girls crush actually ended up going to prison for a relationship with a pupil! Interestingly they went to the same school one year apart so it shows how different things can be form case to case even within the same school.

Answer 2

It probably will be ok, but be careful, you never know when someone wants something other than friendship. Tell your parents you are going to see him if you do.

Answer 3

Why not??

Definitely yes

It would be totally OK if you do that

I cannot find a weak point in it specially when you are friends

Answer 4

It should be ok, let your parents know.  Some school districts don't like teachers to have outside communications with students, but most don't mind.  My students email me or message me through myspace!

Answer 5

Speaking simply as a mother, that sounds inappropriate and I would advise my own children against it.   A teacher and child, esp. at the middle and high school level, should not nurture a "friendship," but rather a professional relationship.  You may be misreading the connection that the two of you have.  Talk to a parent about this if you are still wondering about the issue.

Answer 6

it depends..how old are you, honestly if my 12 year old did that i would not like it.. if ur older then u can watch out for fishy stuff, if u are friends i dont see why not just be careful it is very easy for friendship lines to get blurred" now and days!

Answer 7

Do you have a school email address?  If you do, then that is the one you should use.  It will assure that everything is proper and YOU are protected in case of any questions or parent concerns.