In a recent piece in The Chronicle of Higher Education, Rob Jenkins defines his relationship with his students: “I’m not your boss, your parent, or your BFF. I’m your professor.” His is a sentiment long echoed by teachers asserting their classroom authority and upholding the singular relationship of teacher and student over and against other ways of relating. As a teacher myself, I’m not sure how to square that with, as just one example, this letter from a former student (see Figure 1), who did not hesitate to call me his friend (or mock me) in expressing his appreciation:

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“哦，我的朋友们，没有朋友”：课堂上的友谊和冒险的关系（不可能）

在 The Chronicle of Higher Education 最近的一篇文章中，Rob Jenkins 定义了他与学生的关系：“我不是你的老板、你的父母或你的好朋友。我是你的教授。” 他的这种情绪长期以来得到教师们的呼应，他们主张自己的课堂权威，并坚持教师和学生之间的独特关系，而不是其他联系方式。作为一名老师，我不知道如何将其与一位前学生的来信（参见图 1）相提并论，他毫不犹豫地称我为他的朋友（或嘲笑我）以表达他的观点。欣赏：