No, You Can't Be My Facebook Friend!

Chapter 9 of Richardson says when asked if a teacher should friend their students on facebook, "I would advise against it." I agree 100% with this. It's not the kind of relationship that you are meant to have with a student. Now, perhaps a graduate from a few years ago that you had in your class, that is perhaps a year away from a bachelors degree and taking on responsibilities such as looking for internships and building up a resume, sure. They were your student once, but how they are a young adult; far more mature and have more common sense on how to use a social networking site like facebook.