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Don't Teach So Close to Me

Maybe students and professors aren't meant to be good pals

Question (from "Carla"): Is it weird and cheesy for professors to be on Facebook, sending social notes to their students after a long day at school?

My colleague ("Brando"), in his mid-50s, has a Facebook site connected to the 60-plus students we see every day in our very intense program. I wonder...

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