teachers who need affection?

Question

is it true, that teachers who are touchy with their students and put their hands on their students shoulders, etc...are the ones who dont get enough affection from their wives, children etc...
If your teacher does this all the time to almost everyone of their students, and puts his hand on your shoulder, gives you mini hugs etc. and you can just tell hes not a pervert. Why would a teacher be so starved of affection that he does this. I also have a teacher like this.

Answer 1

No teacher have the right to put their hands on a student or give them a hug. No one can be starving for affection that much, he knows that he are not suppose to touch the students, maybe he is a pervert and gets off by touching children.

Answer 2

Everybody is different; each teacher has a different style. Some people use touch to gain affection, but they may also use it to focus a student's attention. As long as you're not feeling harrassed by it, then it's just that person's way of behaving. As to how a teacher can be "so starved" - a teacher is just as human as anybody else, and not everybody has a great home life. Perhaps it's best not to judge him in that way, but simply accept him for what he is.

Answer 3

The teacher is not the one starved for affection. The teacher wants to make sure the student is not starved for affection.

Answer 4

Touch isn't always sexual. Human touch is a human need. There is a fine line between ok and not ok, between perversion or harassment and vitally needed touch.

Often in sickly infants, touch can literally mean the difference between life and death. Wikipedia says, "Human babies have been observed to have enormous difficulty surviving if they do not possess a sense of touch, even if they retain sight and hearing. Babies who can perceive through touch, even without sight and hearing, fare much better. Touch can be considered a basic sense in that nearly all life forms have a response to being touched, while only a subset have sight and hearing."

Here's an article I found--
http://www.extendicare.com/consumer/article35.htm
And a quote from this article--
"Touch tells us we're safe, cared for and have value. People who are sure of a warm embrace are happier, more alert, more willing and able to communicate."
Maybe your teacher is trying to communicate these things to the students?

Touch is also a form of communication- A man puts his arm around a woman- it communicates to her that he is there to protect her or that he simply wants her close, it also communicates to others that she's unavailable. A parent hugs their child- communicating that the child is loved, safe, or that Mommy's just glad to see her child. A co-worker puts her hand on your arm, communciating that she's paying attention to you, or that she cares. Someone's touch doesn't always equate sexual interest.

I think it all depends on how the "touchee" interprets the touching. If you don't like it or if it makes you feel uncomfortable, talk to your teacher privately, tell him/her specifically what you're not comfortable with. If you don't feel comfortable doing this on your own, ask for a school counselor or one of your parents to accompany you.

Answer 5

Go straight to the head master and tell him about it.

Also tell you family, as they could initiate legal action to stop this paedophile, he will soon move on to further and more dangerous stuff.

You could be in the hands of a Jekyll and Hyde character.