Is it okay to add your teachers as Facebook friends?

[ihateboredom]

There's no law that says they can't. Some school districts have rules against it, and in others its just discouraged. They do this because some teachers don't want students seeing their personal information and they want to make sure nothing inappropriate is going on.

I think its pretty stupid personally. It should be fine as long as everything is appropriate. I'm friends with my bus driver and 2 of my current teachers on facebook and it works out pretty good. They haven't gotten in trouble for it. If i need help with assignments I can just go on facebook and ask at any time. It helps me connect to my teachers better so I realize they're real people with real lives and not just some robot standing in front of the room lecturing me. I plan on adding a few more that I liked when I graduate in a month.

I know some kids say they will never add teachers because they don't want them to see what they do outside of school, but others don't have a problem with it.