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Is it weird to ask for a teacher's phone number?
I'm leaving school forever in a couple of days which is very weird as I've been there for ten years. I know I'll keep in touch with loads of schoolfriends but I'd really like to stay in touch with some of my teachers.
The problem is that very few teachers in my school seem to keep in touch with ex-students and a lot of them are a bit funny about having any kind of student-teacher relationship at all, because this thing happened a few years ago where a girl claimed that a male teacher had been trying to have an inappropriate relationship with her.
Would it be weird or stalkerish to ask for their phone numbers/ suggest we meet up for a drink etc?
Some of my teachers have influenced me heavily and I really would like to think that I'll see them again and just be able to have a chat.
Thanks
The problem is that very few teachers in my school seem to keep in touch with ex-students and a lot of them are a bit funny about having any kind of student-teacher relationship at all, because this thing happened a few years ago where a girl claimed that a male teacher had been trying to have an inappropriate relationship with her.
Would it be weird or stalkerish to ask for their phone numbers/ suggest we meet up for a drink etc?
Some of my teachers have influenced me heavily and I really would like to think that I'll see them again and just be able to have a chat.
Thanks
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Not at all, quite a few of my teachers asked me to keep in touch with them. One of them really helped me out with my university application (after i'd already left college), then gave me some work experience/voluntary work and is now paying me to do some work for her. Just because they are teachers doesn't mean they aren't people too.
I think it would be viewed as a little weird. End of GCSEs definitely, End of A levels...not AS much. Our french teacher gave us her phone no. in case we needed to ask anything/for any help before our oral exam earlier in the year but we're pretty close to her and she's quite young, so we'll probably all stay in touch. (A level)
It would probably be better to ask for their emails? Our teachers give out their emails anyway for handing in work and asking for help etc. So that would probably be less weird as emails are less personal than a phone number. I think it'd be pretty damn strange if you just came out with - hey teach, can I have your phone number?
It would probably be better to ask for their emails? Our teachers give out their emails anyway for handing in work and asking for help etc. So that would probably be less weird as emails are less personal than a phone number. I think it'd be pretty damn strange if you just came out with - hey teach, can I have your phone number?
Email I think is different, at our school at least you can find any teacher's school email address as it is formed from their initials - it's publicly known information. Perhaps private email addresses are different, though.
Hmm, this is a weird one. I had a teacher I was really close to, he supported me and was there for me when I had to leave home at 15, (I even called him as I was walking away from my house and he organized somewhere for me to stay within an hour whilst comforting me over the phone) I had his phone number (which is a sackable offense) and he was always there for me, on call, and he did a lot of things for me (like buying 'thank you' cards for the teachers and friends' parents who let me stay at their homes) which would have been considered unprofessional, especially as we got on really well, but it was never anything unsavoury; he had a girlfriend who he lived with, and I knew her too. He was quite young and I think he allowed his own good nature to overtake his professionalism, but he really did help me so much from year 10 onwards, and I'm glad he did break the rules because his support saved me from going 'off the rails' too badly.
Sorry for divulging, got a bit carried away there! To the OP, if the teachers are cool enough that you'd want to keep in contact with them, then I expect they'd love to keep in contact. Just don't be hurt if they say no, because you know how teachers love their rules! Nah, joking, I'm sure they'll be chuffed you asked.
Sorry for divulging, got a bit carried away there! To the OP, if the teachers are cool enough that you'd want to keep in contact with them, then I expect they'd love to keep in contact. Just don't be hurt if they say no, because you know how teachers love their rules! Nah, joking, I'm sure they'll be chuffed you asked.
i've got the numbers of the ones i'd like to keep in touch with when i leave (TOMORROW!!!), whether i do keep in touch is another matter!
erm, if you feel you know them well enough, ask straight out.. worst they can do is say no! you wont have to see them again in a while if it all gets awkward - if you think it'll be awkward, id say email's a better bet...
are they/she/he male or female?!
erm, if you feel you know them well enough, ask straight out.. worst they can do is say no! you wont have to see them again in a while if it all gets awkward - if you think it'll be awkward, id say email's a better bet...
are they/she/he male or female?!
I think email is definately better than asking for a phone number, especially if it is their school email. I still talk to a few of my old teachers, and it is generally by email. Even went out for lunch with one of them which was fun (and very different to seeing them in a school atmosphere)!
I do have a few phone numbers but they were given out for school trips etc and I wouldn't ever use them (I find the whole idea a bit weird tbh). I'm lucky enough to still be quite close to my old school as I am taking a gap year and so I can just pop in whenever and see whoever I want to. So, (after my rambling on, sorry!) yeah it's a good idea to keep in contact, and could be useful later on for help/advice, but I would recommend email (at least to begin with)
I do have a few phone numbers but they were given out for school trips etc and I wouldn't ever use them (I find the whole idea a bit weird tbh). I'm lucky enough to still be quite close to my old school as I am taking a gap year and so I can just pop in whenever and see whoever I want to. So, (after my rambling on, sorry!) yeah it's a good idea to keep in contact, and could be useful later on for help/advice, but I would recommend email (at least to begin with)
OP: phone numbers too personal, especially if as you said there have been problems before so even if a teacher does want to give you their number they may be wary to do so for fear of repercussions. Emails definitely the way to go. I ended up with quite a few teachers numbers before I left, without asking for a single one, purely by just arranging to meet up with them after exams or having to tell them something at some point. I do text them now and again to say happy birthday or after a night out with them as they do like keeping in touch but yeah, just try the email approach first.
It won't be weird at all if the teacher knows you aren't a stalker/ odd child.
It'll be a wonderful way of thanking them! Ask for their email addresses and just tell them that you want to keep in touch because you've appreciated them so much!
I'll be doing that next year
It'll be a wonderful way of thanking them! Ask for their email addresses and just tell them that you want to keep in touch because you've appreciated them so much!
I'll be doing that next year
I'm quite sure I had a couple of teachers mobile numbers whilst in school...so!
chloe-libertine
Hmm, this is a weird one. I had a teacher I was really close to, he supported me and was there for me when I had to leave home at 15, (I even called him as I was walking away from my house and he organized somewhere for me to stay within an hour whilst comforting me over the phone) I had his phone number (which is a sackable offense) and he was always there for me, on call, and he did a lot of things for me (like buying 'thank you' cards for the teachers and friends' parents who let me stay at their homes) which would have been considered unprofessional, especially as we got on really well, but it was never anything unsavoury; he had a girlfriend who he lived with, and I knew her too. He was quite young and I think he allowed his own good nature to overtake his professionalism, but he really did help me so much from year 10 onwards, and I'm glad he did break the rules because his support saved me from going 'off the rails' too badly.
Sorry for divulging, got a bit carried away there! To the OP, if the teachers are cool enough that you'd want to keep in contact with them, then I expect they'd love to keep in contact. Just don't be hurt if they say no, because you know how teachers love their rules! Nah, joking, I'm sure they'll be chuffed you asked.
Sorry for divulging, got a bit carried away there! To the OP, if the teachers are cool enough that you'd want to keep in contact with them, then I expect they'd love to keep in contact. Just don't be hurt if they say no, because you know how teachers love their rules! Nah, joking, I'm sure they'll be chuffed you asked.
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At my school the teachers were getting drunk and partying with students and loadsa people had numbers. Lollocopter
KeenEconomist
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At my school the teachers were getting drunk and partying with students and loadsa people had numbers. Lollocopter
At my school the teachers were getting drunk and partying with students and loadsa people had numbers. Lollocopter
I got one of mine high
Why not get e-mail addresses, that seems a bit less personal...
chloe-libertine
I got one of mine high
My maths teacher got drunk and ended up calling a dude in my class a ********...half the time she was hungover in lessons, but was the BEST maths teacher ever.
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