"I'm getting married soon and I am very excited. It is a true blessing. I love my fiancee very much, and I'm happy to spend the rest of my life with her. I have one concern, though, and it is about her daughters. They are great girls. Both are teenagers. I have told them I will be whatever they want me to be, trying not to force any kind of relationship on them that they are not ready to have."
"The right thing? Have you discussed this cockamamie plan with your principal? What is positive about going from being liked by your students to distancing yourself in order to turn your fiancee's daughters into teacher's pets? If this continues, they will be social pariahs. You should not have to choose between being popular at school or liked by your soon-to-be stepdaughters."
A man who teaches at a high school is marrying a woman with two teenage daughters who are his students. He has intentionally distanced himself from other students to make the daughters comfortable and to strengthen relationships at home. His classroom demeanor has become grumpier and his assignments unpopular, and other students have gossiped and said disturbing things about him. Home life has improved while job satisfaction has declined. The plan should be discussed with the school principal. Turning the daughters into teacher's pets risks making them social pariahs and damaging the teacher's long-term reputation.
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