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⌈ Secret Post #1967 ⌋

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I don't know. I think if I had seen a teacher at a fandom gathering, I would be stoked. I would probably feel closer to that teacher, somehow. I mean, as a student you tend to feel like you don't have anything in common with your teachers, and you see them only as teachers but usually very little else. I think a lot of students don't think about a teacher's hobbies, friends, et cetera, because it's just not relevant to them, their lives, or their education.

However, it's good to see even teachers on a slightly more personal level. Like, wow, she likes XYZ too? That's so cool! Because I think if students can identify with you a little bit, can see you on a more personal level-- like you're another person, not just a teacher with no life and no hobbies-- then they are probably going to be more likely to listen to the things that you say, because they've decided you're interesting. :P

Of course, the tables are turned if it's a fandom you're embarrassed to be in, I guess. Like maybe if I was a teacher and saw a student at a Pokemon sort of gathering I might be a little, uhhhh, but I'd own up to it because that's just how I am. And I'd own up to going to a My Little Pony convention (been to a Midwest Meetup once!) or Ohayocon or whatever. I mean, it's my life. I'm not a robot. I have hobbies. It's okay if other people know.

OP: I've had discussions with my students and bonded with them over popular books and movies. But taking it farther than that and letting them know that I am actively fannish? That can be problematic in several ways, as different anons have referenced elsewhere in this thread. When you work in education, it's not always okay if other people know what kind of hobbies you have.

I'll also copy this which I posted above:

OP: I am best known in my main fandom for writing sometimes plotty smut between characters that were older teens during the canon of their series. Most of the time it was future-fic with them aged up, but a few times it wasn't because teens 15+ having sex is pretty reflective of reality. Do I want to risk a student, particularly one who's not the best student and may be looking for an upper hand, connecting me with my fandom identity and the "child porn" I've written? No.

Some of my fandoms are anime, too, and while it's way more acceptable to be an anime fan now than it was when I started, there are still plenty of negative preconceptions for that interest alone.

Ah, I see. Yeah, I'm going to school (late to that party but better late then never?) for education in the fall, and I guess the thought of students finding my fanfiction would be problematic. And kids are smarter than they get credit for, so it wouldn't take much for them to find it no matter what alias you went by online, you know?

So yeah, I hear you. In that case, I would stay far, far away from any students. Or at least far away from admitting I wrote fanfic, least of all smut of any kind. Definitely don't want that used against me, and some people will use anything they can get their grubby paws on. -_-

I'm an anime/game/book fan so I do understand where you're coming from, minus the smut (I couldn't write it if I tried). While some fandoms I would be okay with people finding out about, I am not okay with them finding my fanfiction for all of them. Too embarrassing/hard to explain/etc and so on.

My art teacher in high school (AMAZING TEACHER WAS AMAZING) loved Star Trek, Doctor Who, let me borrow The Hitch Hiker's Guide on cassette tapes, loved anything to do with conspiracy theories (especially big foot stuff), and comics.

Me and my friends were freakin' STOKED and it made our last few years there so much fun.

I also had an English teacher who had a HELL of a sense of humor. I fuckin' LOVED her. She also introduced me to Kristy MacColl, who's songs can be....rather raunchy. XD I was 17 when she let me borrow one of the CDs. Still love it~

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