From Respect to Fear: Teacher-Student Dynamics in the Social Media Era
The old respect-based teacher-student relationship has changed. Social media empowered students, allowing them to share information, opinions, and even potentially embarrassing content about teachers. This power imbalance has created challenges in the learning environment. "Teacher shares his experience with a student's who posted an embarrassing video of him online. "WALA KANG BINABASTOS AT IPINAHIHIYA PERO ITO ANG SUKLI", The Facebook post of a teacher calling on parents to cooperate in disciplining their children is now viral, following a student's apparent disrespect and disregard for their teachers." - Briones, Mart Jemson D. "While social media offers valuable connection for teachers and students, its misuse has led to negativity. Students' dominance in promoting negative comments has created pressure and uncertainty for teachers. Instead, let's use social media to recognize their work and prevent them from feeling unvalued." - Bau...