Does my teacher have a crush on me?

I don't think so mate

There's this teacher who I'm pretty close with (like, I consider her a friend), but I think recently she's started to get a crush on me. She's been complimenting me on my appearance a fair bit as of late (like 3 times over the past 5 days, which is more than a teacher usually compliments a student on appearance ) and she tends to laugh and giggle at at least 90% of the things I say even if they aren't funny and there's been a couple of situations where she's touched me when it wasn't necessary, almost as if maybe she's trying to find an excuse to touch me. First situation is where I'm upset about something and she starts telling me stuff to try to console me and she also puts her arm around me at the same time. Other situation where she touches me is when we were starting our birdhouse project. I'm inexperienced with saws, so when I'm about to cut my board for the first time, she basically holds my hand (she put her hand on top of mine) and keeps it there the whole time I'm cutting the board, and I didn't notice her doing this with any other students. She is fairly young (26) and I do find her quite beautiful (I am male by the way), but I don't plan on pursuing anything with her since she's my favorite teacher and I don't want her to get fired. However, since she's shown some signs IMO, I'm still curious to know if she does indeed like me regardless on if I want a relationship with her or not.

Why don't these things ever happen to me?

You didn't tell us how old you were..

If your 15 that's pedophilia...

I'm guessing your in college so I'd just keep speaking to her everyday with casual conversation. It's a really bad idea to pursue things outside of college. So just wait until you leave and just get her contact information and take things from there.

In teaching it isn't just a matter of 16 or not. It's a matter of being in a position of authority.

if you're worried about it you should speak to a responsible adult and report her. If she were to pursue a relationship it would be illegal.

You didn't tell us how old you were..

If your 15 that's pedophilia...

I'm guessing your in college so I'd just keep speaking to her everyday with casual conversation. It's a really bad idea to pursue things outside of college. So just wait until you leave and just get her contact information and take things from there.

It's not paedophilia, it's an abuse of trust - that's wherein the problem of teacher - student relationships lies. Although if he were 15 it would also be considered rape as he can't legally consent.

i think it's kind of sweet, actually. honestly, i feel like if her profession wasn't teaching then people wouldn't be getting worked up about this :/

you see? It's because of what she does. I mean don't get me wrong, having a relationship with your teacher is a bit much but calling her a paedophile? that's a bit overboard. she can't have feelings bc of the job she does?

It'd be illegal if OP is over 18?
It's probably against policy so she'd loose her job but if OP really likes her then he could just change college

i think it's kind of sweet, actually. honestly, i feel like if her profession wasn't teaching then people wouldn't be getting worked up about this :/

I wonder whether you'd still think it 'kind of sweet' if OP were a 15 yr old girl and the teacher was a 26 yr old man..