Lost_Yonder
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I think that it is a vital part of teaching. Building relationships with your students. The problem is that is can get out of hand...so I think it is a very gray area. Flirting to me is playful chatting and relationship building. Sure I make jokes about "You'll need my balls for that." when I am referring to my atomic model balls. Knowing the teenage mind is constantly thinking about sex, is a an critical element to making the content relevant to their lives. If you come across as some stuff fuddy duddy, why would they want to learn from you?
The strange thing is I am almost immune to the advances of my female students, call it ADD, but I am totally oblivious to their advances. It is not until after they have graduated that I realzied that they had the hots for me.
I share your sense that there are ways of connecting with students that include flirting that heightens the learning environment for all. Until very recently I was also quite oblivious to some of the more serious flirtations from my female students, probably for the better! As I age however, I find myself more allured by their flirtations - no doubt more as a reaction to middle ageing insecurity than a particular desire to hook up with any of them.
Would be curious of what any female teachers think, if they feel flirting enhances learning?