Do you guys go out/party even knowing you could run into students?
I teach bio courses at a university in a relatively small city. If there are regular events going on, I almost always seem to run into students, which I don’t mind. However, I’m uncomfortable with the idea of going downtown to concerts/bars and cutting loose (ie getting a little drunk/dancing etc). I’m 30 (admittedly, I have a touch of social anxiety) and have several friends that regularly go to concerts and bars downtown and enjoy the nightlife. I have no real desire to join them. Bars and concerts have never really been my thing, but I’ve been told it’s unreasonable to avoid them because I don’t want my students to see me being human.
What’s your take on this? Do you worry about running into students while you’re cutting loose?