During my time teaching I have seen others make mistakes that I have learned from. One is trying to be their friend. I let my students know I am here during office hours if you need to talk about anything personal in your life and they do not bring that in the classroom. I have been asked on many occasions to join classes for dinner after a final and let them know I am the instructor not their friend and cannot do that though I appreciate them asking. I also have seen other instructors allowing gossiping about the Campus and other instructors and students and talking and gossiping with them during class time. I never ever allow this and I find it to be extremely unprofessional in all ways. Day one of my classes I explain to my students no gossiping in my classroom and gossip in the field they are going in will kill their career and blackball them or someone they are gossiping about.