This is as unacceptable and dangerous as if the teacher performed root canals on these kids during recess. She absolutely should be fired and never work in education again.
At my university we are routinely pushed to act as homegrown psychotherapists to students, and nobody except for me seems to understand that it’s not OK. We are told that it’s a sign of empathy to want to help people in psychological distress. As Byung-Chul Han says, appeals to empathy are used to exploit us and wring out of additional work beyond our contractual obligations.
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