I was interested in knowing what you think about friendship between students and professors on Facebook, obviously in a musical context, thinking of high schools, conservatories, and AFAM (Higher Education in Art, Music and Dance).
Just imagine if you tell your students that you haven't managed to grade the homework... and then maybe you are on Facebook from morning till night.
It is one thing to have the initiative mentioned by Zedef, where there is a popularizing group managed by a sort of entity not associated with a first and last name; it is another thing to read each other and have to filter what one writes in a personal space... with the doubt that your students might be there.
I had this thought a long time ago, outside of the "musical sphere"...
fortunately I left high school when Facebook was not even in its beginnings... but years later I too saw """friendships""" (and let's weigh those words carefully!) between professors and students.
I could go on and on with speeches, even going off-topic, but that is not the case; however, I feel I can say that one of the phrases used to "reprimand" the teachers is sacrosanct: "*there are alternatives for exchanging information and data*"
Thank you for expressing the various points of view; I am not an expert on Facebook, but from what I have been able to see, everything depends a lot on how one uses their profile. If one's writings are aimed at sharing educational material, I am the first to recognize that it can be very useful, but otherwise, it can be counterproductive.
Therefore, since the law must apply to everyone, in my opinion, the measure taken is ultimately reasonable... although I wonder how one manages to control all of this, given that if I am not mistaken on Facebook, one can open as many profiles as they want and even "anonymous" ones.
