Should Teacher-Student Relationship Exist?

張貼日期:May 22, 2017 3:8:15 PM

Should Teacher-Student Relationship Exist?

Tiffany Tung

      Love shouldn’t have boundary. The homosexual are eventually acceptable by our society. But when it comes to teacher-student relationship, opinions are varying. Teachers have an important mission, which is to teach students what they should learn from school. Are students mature enough to have a relationship with a teacher? Or would the teacher take advantage of students? Should law forbid teacher-student relationship?

       Teenagers usually have strong desire for love. On campus, some students will project their love onto teachers. But the student might just adore the maturity of a grown man, which is usually called Electra Complex. A student may start a relationship with teachers in some feelings that she herself doesn’t even know. But the teacher is mature enough to know what love is, and if he still has a relationship with her, the behavior is unwise.

       Some teachers might take advantage of students. They think that young girls don’t know much about love and sex, so they ask students for relationship and even have sex with them. Students may not have the sense of sexual autonomy and are afraid to go against the teacher. Take a recent news story as an example. A writer committed suicide for her mental illness. In her book she wrote about seduction by the teacher. After her death, her parents confirmed that this novel was based on her own story. No matter what kind of punishment that the teacher would get, her life has faded forever. Some teachers even ask students to use their body to exchange for grades. This kind of behavior is very immoral.

       There is no law to forbid teacher-student relationship. If the school knows about the relationship, they would surely try to convince them to break up. If there is a law forbidding teacher-student relationship, the teacher’s behavior would be regulated. If the school doesn’t want this kind of things to happen, they should promote ethical and healthy teacher-student relationship.

     Teacher-student relationship might be immoral, but it is not forbidden by law. Maybe after the student finishes her school and is still sure about this relationship, then they can be a legitimate couple or get married. But only few cases have a happy ending.