Top 11 Reasons Not to Have an Affair with Your Student

Over the years, we have heard much on the topic of teachers and their students having affairs, or just having sex. While college students may be old enough to decide for how they conduct themselves, anyone younger is not. On just a professional level, these students should always be considered off limits. Here are ten reasons why you should not have an affair with one of your students.

1. Teacher-student trust is but one reason. Students need to be able to trust their teachers, and to talk with them and ask for help academically. Attempting to start an affair with a student demeans that trust. If a student does not feel the same, there is no way he or she will be able to trust the teacher again. Any acquired trust is also gone once an affair ends.

2. Student responsibility is another issue. Students are learning to be responsible for themselves, and a student-teacher affair hampers this process.

3. It is important for teachers to be responsible to their students, and having an affair with one is not a responsible act. Your responsibility is purely academic.

4. Teacher-parent trust is also an important factor. When a parent sends his child to school, he is expecting that she will get an academic education, not real world sex ed from her teacher. Parents put their trust in teachers, expecting them to be responsible adults.

5. Students are not necessarily emotionally responsible enough for a relationship with an adult. Their maturity level is not generally the same.

6. On the other hand, if a teacher is having a sexual relationship with an underage student then she or he is not mature and responsible enough to have a job working with that age group.

7. Student jealousy is another reason not to get involved. Students tend to be more jealous than adults, and this can cause problems between them in and out of the classroom.

8. Student achievement will likely suffer. She or he may not be able to concentrate while in the class with the teacher they are in a relationship with. This will impede their academic progress.

9. Teacher-spouse relationships are also put in jeopardy, and trust is loss when a teacher has an affair with a student. It can hurt the entire family, breaking them up. This can lead to emotional problems for both parties, as well as for their children.

10. The loss of your job is another reason to stay away from your students.

11. And let's not forget that you could end up in jail.

No matter how you look at it, having an affair with a student is not a good idea. The immediate pleasure you may feel soon leads to hurt feelings, hate and loss of wages.