What I Would Change About My "Sorry"

The "sorry" that I am going to write about is becoming too familiar with one of my classes. Over the course of the semester I have gotten to be especially close with one of the classes that I have been teaching. Of course, this is not a bad thing; the problem is the way we relate. Lately, things have been on probably too much of a friendship and joking level. We can still get work done, but it takes me longer to quiet them down, and they are now more likely to try to get away with things. In the future, I will have to be more careful to keep that professional distance. Even when the class is composed of students who I genuinely enjoy being around; it is important to have a proper way of relating and joking around at the right times. Fortunately, this class is a good class, and I do not feel that I have gotten to a point where I joke around with them so much that I do not have proper control of the class. I think, if I had to teach them for an entire year, it would prove much more difficult.