Counting on a teacher to be a friend, as in, let's you and me go out to the movies tonight and then to the mall and just hang-out, "YES", that's wrong.
Counting on a teacher to be a friend as in, I'm in trouble.......or, Let's you and I shoot the breeze......,or friendly stuff like that is cool.
My band director in high school was my friend, but I never went to his house, or hung out with him. It wasn't until later in my life, when I was the teacher, did I start to understand what a Teacher/Student friendship was about: I'm still the adult who's "In-Charge" of my students.
I joke around with my students, in fact, about a half a dozen or so eat lunch with me in the bandroom. However, everyone is well aware of the established "Line" of authority that we all respect.
Wonka is a ninth grade student, but not in my school district. And, I regard him as someone I see at the local shop and give rides to tournaments, I don't think he'd ever want me to hang out with him socially, nor would I. Playing Magic is the only common denominator between us.
Unlike the others who've posted, I cannot begin to know the hardship you're going through, I don't recall that that's ever happened to me, though I should confess that I have been the one who has from time to time "blown off" someone whom I was friendly with and I've been whole-heartedly aware of their pain and suffering caused by me
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Lastly, I acknowledge that I'm not very witty, so if your response post to me was sarcastic (I'm not really sure), I don't appreciate it. If not, my bad, and I apologize for thinking so.