A teacher has every right to be on an internet dating site.

Being seen on it isn’t an issue at all.

After all, said teacher isn’t doing anything wrong or inappropriate by having a profile on a dating site.

Assuming that you aren’t posting overly sexual photos of yourself, you have every right to seek out a partner.

A majority of people are finding their significant others online, whether it be on social media sites or dating sites.

There is nothing about being seen on a dating site as a teacher that makes you odd.

In all sincerity, several of the parents of your students who are single are looking for significant others on dating sites too.

They have every right to do that, and so do you.

Yes, it seems a little awkward to envision the parent of a student of yours, possibly one you recently engaged with in a parent-teacher meeting, suddenly coming across your profile on an online dating platform.

True, that does feel awkward at first.

It is for the parent too.

Nonetheless, a few moments after seeing your dating profile, said parent surmises that you are just like everyone else.

You are someone looking for love.

That parent relates.

They are on the dating site looking for the same thing.

If anything, coming across your profile on a dating site makes a parent look at you as a regular human who has needs and a personal life outside of school.

That is a plus.

It humanizes you.

At the next parent-teacher meeting, the parent patiently listens to your constructive criticism about their child’s academic performance, as opposed to being as argumentative as they have been in the past.

They no longer see you as the enemy.

Rather, they see you as human, which compels them to treat you with more respect in these meetings.

A parent that comes across your dating profile on an internet dating website is revealing this to their child sooner or later.

A child that is a student of yours.

There is nothing wrong with this.

All it does in the child is make them humanize you too.

To reiterate, meeting significant others online has become the standard in the smartphone-obsessed world we live in.

If anything, students suddenly look at you as hip and not so wound up when they learn that you are on a dating site.

Suddenly, you aren’t the quintessential teacher who is so rigid and out of touch.

You are somewhat cool and with the times.

In the event you are at the receiving end of harsh words or looks from a parent or student as a result of being seen on a dating site, these are few and far between.

Never take it personally.

Anyone that behaves in this fashion is already unhappy with their own personal lives.

The moment they see you walking on the street on a random Saturday, holding hands with a wonderful man you matched with on a dating site, and beaming from ear to ear, they are filled with envy.

Envy for the fact that you look so happy while they remain miserable.