Status update: Awkward situations for teachers, students

Rebecca Neumann Staff Writer Let’s face it: Facebook isn’t just for teens anymore. More and more adults have begun to join the trend after realizing its potential as a great tool for keeping in touch with people. According to iStrategyLabs, the 35-54 year-old demographic more than doubled in 2009. So it isn’t hard to believe that teachers would have Facebook pages too, nor that many students would request to be a teacher’s Facebook friend, either because they like that teacher or because they are simply curious. However, some teachers, such as English teacher Michael Vergien, refuse to add their students as Facebook friends until after they’ve left their class or graduated. “It’s really not that…