There's an old adage. Parents shouldn't be friends to their children and neither should teachers. As soon as that happens, the relationship is not what it's supposed to be. Anyone who suspects a teacher is too friendly should investigate that.

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It's such a heated thing. We are taught as children to respect authority figures. When an authority figure hurts us and we minimize their responsibility or blame the victim, that's the individual and society as a whole becoming confused.

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