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I have this student. Age group 12-13. 7th grader. He is one of those who has hit puberty earlier but he still acts like a child overall. He loved me a lot at first. We even chatted outside of school and he had formed a bond with me. He shared the moment he was saddest, he would say things like "you are my favorite teacher, I would like to introduce my first girlfriend to you" so we were joking around and so on. Then he started saying things like "I wish I was your age" and started complimenting me. I wouldn't offend him so I'd tell him he's very sweet and would continue to remind him that I am his teacher. Then he started comparing himself to the girls in his class. He started saying things like "You never hug us boys like you hug girls." So I hugged him one day and he was like "no, you don't have to" at first but then he wanted to hug. Then he said something like "I don't hug everyone, I put my feelings into it when I hugged you." So he was forming an emotional bond with me. Then he slowly started comparing himself to the other boys. He started saying things like "you don't like me, you discriminate" and he suddenly pulled back. He had always attended my classes and never missed his homework, but in the last two weeks he has been quiet, sleeping and has missed his homework for the first time. When I try to talk to him he brushes me off and says he doesn't want to talk to me. I don't know what to do about this. Is he trying to protect himself because he has a crush on me and knows it's not right? What would you do about this from a teacher's perspective?
What would you do about this from a teacher's perspective?
Anonymous
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Don't hug students you creep.
The f is wrong with you? Even the principle hugs the students. It's not creepy. Your dirty mind is the problem.
That ain't normal. I've NEVER seen teachers or anyone in school start hugging kids, because that's not appropriate for fucks sake elaphe
She/he is a pedo. That’s why no one answeee but me. I’ll call it out.
@Agape93 in our culture (i'm from Turkiye) it is considered VERY NORMAL to hug students. Every teacher does it and it IS FINE. You all are fkn dirty minded.
I'm a Turk and we hug students in our culture, it is normal! No one finds it weird or creepy. I don't hug my students like I'm hugging my boyfriend. Tf is wrong with you all? You all are so paranoid and dirty minded.
Y'all foreigners are fkn weird. I gave them a hug like how their mother would do. I'm 28 years old, got a boyfriend and am not into people 15-16 years younger than me. Tf? It was an innocent moment. Y'all are messed up in the head.
It was just an innocent affection, the fact that you find it pedo is fkn wild. I've never hugged any of my students more than 2 secs not to make it inappropriate. It wasn't a lovers hug for god sake. And you two didn't help one bit because y'all focused on the hugging part so much so stop replying. Clearly some people don't know what grooming actually is. They are like my kids and I know when a hug is inappropriate. Seriously tf
No one gives a shit. You’re creepy.
Of course you're a fucking turk. Creepy culture. That shit isn't normal here. At all
Fucking chomo shit
If you find hugging creepy or pedo then I feel sorry for you and you're messed up in the head. Physical affection is considered very normal in my culture. Even when we meet we hug and kiss each other on the cheek. It is a way of showing affection and sympathy. My students run to me to hug and that's a way of showing love, it has nothing to do with pedophilia and it is definitely not something sexual. Y'all are fkn weird. My students are very respectful and loved kids.
Interesting you're using southern American ways of writing things, considering you're Turkish.
@Agape93 what does it have to do with my answer? Whatever, literally nobody called me a pedo for hugging my student on the Turkish platform. You people are messed up if you find a teacher hugging a student a predatory behavior. This is how we are taught and raised. Physical affection is important in our culture and maybe you all should respect and answer my question accordingly or shut up and move on. If you all don't know how to hug a child appropriately then maybe you people are fkn weird and a bunch of pedos in the first place.
You're fucking weird
Bruh you foreigners are fkn weird if you think hugging a student is pedo, i'm glad my culture is the way it is
Imagine an adult doing that to your child... A full grown man touching your daughter
Your culture is fucked
In our culture when we meet a foreigner we kiss and hug and showing physical affection is normal. We aren't cold hearted, robotic people like you all. I'm glad that in my culture I don't get labeled as a pedo just because "I love my student and when they wanted to hug, I gave them a hug." It is normal. Who are you to decide what is normal and what is abnormal? Your nationality, culture or people are not superior. My students are respectful, very loved and the parents don't find it weird at all as it is a way of showing fkn LOVE and it has nothing to do with anything sexual. Your mind is gross. I don't touch my students inappropriately. It's a fkn hug that took 2 seconds. When they graduate we give them a hug as well. The fk? Bruh YOUR CULTURE IS THE ONE THAT'S FKD IF YOU FIND HUGGING A PREDATORY BEHAVIOR.
You're a pedo
No, it is not considered pedo to hug a child in my country and no parents would react the way you all are reacting, in fact we hug in front of them on graduation day, etc. I know how to hug my students appropriately. If your people don't know how to hug a child appropriately then maybe you all are a bunch of pedos sexualizing a hug. Hugging is seen as an innocent physical affection in my country. Me touching the back of my student has nothing to do with pedophilia, you all are sick in the head and actual pedos here.
Stop disrespecting my culture, get out of your bubble and acknowledge the fact that your nationality, people or country is not superior and cannot decide whether what is pedo in a culture or not. You don't live here and you are so sick if you think such an innocent act is pedo for you. Maybe the problem is in your culture if people in your country can't hug a child appropriately. My students run towards me to hug, they love me and I know how to approach my students and I know when it is inappropriate. Who are you to teach me these? You're a pedo if you find hugging a child a sexual act. This is a different culture from yours, either respect and answer accordingly or shut up and move on. Me giving a 2 sec hug and touching the back of my student doesn't make me a pedo. They run to me to hug, physical affection to teachers is NORMAL and ACCEPTED here in my country and IT IS NOT SEXUAL. You and people like you are fkn weird here. Plus y'all are the ones producing movies and tv series where there's pedo relationships. At least we don't have that. Because we know when it is inappropriate. I've never hugged any of my students without permission, they wanted to hug and I gave them a hug. You all are just judging without knowing sht. We are raised and taught this way. If you wanna label someone a pedo here, label yourself because clearly you all can't hug a child appropriately.