Individuality Of A Teacher

I was talking to a friend of mine about my social networking on facebook, and she asked me how on earth i could be comfortable with so many teachers, and professors on my list, and would i be as comfortable to have my student in my list.
I have not had any problem with any of them on my list, because they are the people who know me precisely as to what i am. if i talk something crazy, they d let me be crazy as long as i keep it on my own wall, and i would let them be what they are and would not mind them being crazy even in my wall, as long as they are friends and not trying to give me lessons of any sort on that website.
Having said that, i would surely not let any of my students be on my list, for the simple reason that i have an identity defined by them which is absolutely irrelevant. i mean why should my STUDENT define how i am supposed to be and what i should be doing, and comment or look at me as in "oh is it you?". Well, every teacher is in his/her serious best in a class. yes i crack jokes at times to give them a small break from seriousness, and do my best to be innovative. but that is my profession as of now, and i m sure to be as serious as possible to do justice for the money i get out of it.
Once i m out of the hall, i am just the same person as anyone else, open to ideas and suggestions, waiting for challenges, and happy to be crazy wherever possible. this is something natural in any person let alone a teaching member. and believe me this is something hard for a student to accept until s/he becomes one. i have no problem going along with my students or my mom's but i stopped that since i went with them to a beach where they looked at me "oh my god! in class you never looked like a person who would be interested in these things" i mean why should i keep expressing what i like/dislike to my students when i m being professional at my work? But it also gets very difficult to try to run back home or somewhere else when you have been captured!
I always hate it when my mom's students meet us when we are outdoors just to spend time with each other, and people take her away to have a small counseling session with her, and the entire charm of being together on an evening is lost. And something even more embarrassing, i was in inter college getting my chemistry doubts clarified from one lecturer when a senior came up to him and took the friendship he shared with the students for granted by asking him "sir how was the mirchi bajji that you had in that particular street on that day?" he was so embarrassed and couldn't even shoe that her away. many such instances have happened when me and my mom went out to have street food. To avoid that, once, we went to a restaurant really far with a hope that none of our students would make it there and we could talk and dine together for sometime. We found a big battalion of students who pulled us into their group.
I m not against it. but there are times when one wants to be alone, or just be with the family. at these times, the friendship that a teacher shares with the student is totally taken for granted.
i have a professor from college who was from the science department (the only science teaching member i am actually comfortable with)who is comfortable enough with me to accompany me to movies or for an ice cream. when i am out, i treat her as a normal person without expecting her to be the way she is in class.
EVERY other teaching member who is close to me, and with whom i always stay in touch with are language teachers right from school. i know the right time to call them, and i also know how to behave when i see them in public.
It is indeed the right way to respect your teacher by greeting them in public. but do not compel them to share that comfort level with you always.. they have a life, and you get yours.
Having said that, a teacher always knows his/her conduct of behavior and responsibility when it comes to this profession.
Respect the individuality of a teacher! let him/her be the way s/he wants to be when his/her momentary purpose is not to impart education of any sort to you.