This semester I’ll be teaching “Network Architectures” to 3rd and 4th year students (big mess thanks to the bologne process). This means that I’ve students sharing the same class with very different backgrounds and previous expertise in computer networks.
In addition I’ve got several students which I’ve known since my student years. And this confuses me the most, since it is cumbersome for both me and them. Should I treat them as friends (and have other students feeling that I treat my friends specially) or distance myself from them (and be an hypocrite). Tough call…