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Friending professors?
posted by: bks33691 		Please login to reply to this message. Posted Tuesday, Oct 27 at 8:58 AM
Tue, Oct 27, 09 at 08:58:01 EDT
Just out of curiosity, what do you all think about "friending" your professors on Facebook? Ok if you're not in a class they teach? Ok if you are in a class they teach? Never ok?

I'd like to hear the professor point of view too, if there are any still around here.


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Re: Friending professors?
posted by: ck5		Please login to reply to this message.Posted Tuesday, Oct 27 at 11:20 AM
Tue, Oct 27, 09 at 11:20:05 EDT
(In reply to bks33691)

You only live once, unless you're Shirley Maclaine.


Re: Friending professors?
posted by: D®P¤††œhed		Please login to reply to this message.Posted Tuesday, Oct 27 at 3:23 PM
Tue, Oct 27, 09 at 03:23:31 EDT
>Just out of curiosity, what do you all think
>about "friending" your professors on Facebook?
>Ok if you're not in a class they teach? Ok if you
>are in a class they teach? Never ok?

I'd like
>to hear the professor point of view too, if there
>are any still around here.

(In reply to bks33691)

Every time I get a friend request from a student, I track them down and tell them in person that they need to get a life.


Re: Friending professors?
posted by: artsy357		Please login to reply to this message.Posted Thursday, Oct 29 at 2:13 AM
Thu, Oct 29, 09 at 02:13:23 EDT
(In reply to bks33691)
I'm actually curious why students would want to Facebook friend their profs?

To answer your question, I won't Facebook friend my students. It doesn't seem appropriate to me.


Re: Friending professors?
posted by: bks33691		Please login to reply to this message.Posted Thursday, Oct 29 at 7:23 AM
Thu, Oct 29, 09 at 07:23:38 EDT
(In reply to artsy357)
I have some of my previous profs friended, but I'm old, and see some of them as my peers and future colleagues. I don't send requests to current profs. Some profs have tons of students on their friends list. I was just curious about what people thought about it.


Re: Friending professors?
posted by: ecnprof		Please login to reply to this message.Posted Thursday, Oct 29 at 11:22 AM
Thu, Oct 29, 09 at 11:22:31 EDT
(In reply to bks33691)
I think it's kind of fun to get friend requests from current and former students. It gives me a chance to get a glimpse of their lives away from the classroom. With former students, it lets me know a bit about how their lives are progressing. I wouldn't expect a prof. to respond to various "invitations" on Facebook,though.


Re: Friending professors?
posted by: forreal2		Please login to reply to this message.Posted Thursday, Oct 29 at 10:02 PM
Thu, Oct 29, 09 at 10:02:02 EDT
(In reply to bks33691)

It seems to cross that line of professionalism. I wouldn't do it.


Re: Friending professors?
posted by: ck5		Please login to reply to this message.Posted Thursday, Oct 29 at 11:03 PM
Thu, Oct 29, 09 at 11:03:01 EDT
Do it.


Re: Friending professors?
posted by: Galligirl01		Please login to reply to this message.Posted Monday, Nov 2 at 6:02 PM
Mon, Nov 2, 09 at 06:02:53 EST
(In reply to bks33691)

I just recently found out I'm friends with my professors daughter on Facebook and didn't even know it! I didn't add my professor though--it just seemed too weird to me. My thing is that they could see if you complained about them or not (you shouldn't) but I mean if you did...they could see it! That would never be good....So to avoid all that, I just don't add my professors. I did add my teachers in high school though. haha...but to me there is a difference


Re: Friending professors?
posted by: 		Please login to reply to this message.Posted Monday, Nov 2 at 9:18 PM
Mon, Nov 2, 09 at 09:18:25 EST
(In reply to ck5)
Yeah Do IT, do it, do it, do it



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