Teachers on Facebook - friend request?

[molesworth2]

My husband got a friend request from my daughter's teacher the other day. He probably wouldn't know her if he saw her in the street and hadn't a clue who she was until I pointed out that she'd been teaching his daughter for the past six months . They have no mutual friends and I don't think there would be any link in the algorithms for her even to be prompted to friend him by fb given that they have such a distant connection. My question is this though - AIBU to think it's a bit odd to go round friending parents you barely know? I thought they supposed to maintain a professional distance? And how to face her if he doesn't friend back? Any advice gratefully received! (She hasn't friended me btw - the one who actually turns up to parents evenings... )

Probably an accident. I'm a Teacher, and get constant friend requests from parents. It's not against our Social Media policy,but is not recommended. We can't be friends with students, current or ex....not that I'd want to be. :)

Not necessarily, UptownFunk - my current suggestions have several with no mutual friends including 3 people I've never heard of. When I checked a couple, they'd liked posts on tinykittens FB page, which is a Canadian cat fostering page, and so had I.

As well as the possibility it's an accident, could it also be that someone did a fake profile? We have had two staff in the last year where a student has copied loads of photo and set up a fake account and tried to add other teachers! The kids were 10!!!