Day 15 - Is it appropriate for students and teachers to be friends on Facebook?

Lately, social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter have been the opened door for bad accidents. For example, there have been over a hundred police reports about teens being harmed by adults stalking them on the internet. It is the easiest way to find out things about a young child that is not needed to be known. Because of this, it is not allowed for teens to add their teachers on Facebook. If they were allowed to, this would not be appropriate whatsoever. It can cause greater problems, lose a teacher's job, and would be a distraction from education.