Just curious about adding professors on facebook. Has anyone done this??? A few
of mine have it & I would like to add them but don’t want them to get creeped
out by it. If they know my name/ say hi to me & I’ve had a number of
conversations with them & they are no longer currently my professors, do you
think it would be weird for my to send out a friend request?
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December 16th, 2009 at 8:27 pm
It really depends on the professor. I have one really cool teacher on mine and he has a bunch of students added; it’s no big deal. You could just ask the professor first if they have facebook (pretend you don’t know if they have it), and if they would mind you adding them to keep in touch. Just don’t be offended if some say no, some professors are really private and don’t want to add students. I’m a TA and I do NOT add my students even though some request it. I just don’t want them seeing my personal life.
Also, what is the reason you want to add particular professors? Is it to try to hook up with them or just to keep in touch?? You could just go ahead and click on the little “friend request” thing. The worst thing that happens is they ignore it.
December 17th, 2009 at 11:06 pm
I’ll probably wait till I graduate in the spring to add them. 2 of them I just want to keep in touch with, I’m likely moving away soon & they were 2 of the awesomest profs ever; it would be sad if I really never saw/heard from them again in my life. And errr, yes the other one I’d love to hook up with although I doubt that would ever happen. He is single(recently divorced), but probably a good 17 years older than me.
December 18th, 2009 at 4:43 pm
I really don’t see a problem with adding them for keeping in touch. Also, if you can see their friends list, maybe you can look and see if there are students on their profile already. Just don’t take it personally if they decline. They just won’t add you as a friend, that’s all, it’s not like they will reject you to your face :)
February 10th, 2010 at 9:30 pm
I encourage my students to add me at the end of the semester if they want. I adore each and every one of them, even the troublemakers. Life’s too short not to put everything out on the table and keep in touch.