Write a letter to your English teacher to invite him to your birthday party
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feel like inviting a teacher to a child's birthday party is totally different. The point of contact is still between teacher and child. The teacher is being invited as a courtesy and as an adult friend of the child. You might want to contact the teacher ahead of time and let him/her know that the invite is coming. That way, if the teacher can't or doesn't want to come, she/he will be able to handle it tactfully with your child. I would also prepare the child for the possibility that the teacher has a busy life outside of school, and that she/he might not be able to make it to the party.
As a teacher, I don't accept or request FB "friendship" with parents or students. I have to evaluate students; I have to grade their work; I have to discipline them. It's much easier to do these parts of my job effectively if everyone involved is clear that I am friendly and cordial with parents and kids, but not "friends."
Also, I like to be seen as a responsible professional. I'm sure pictures exist of me doing irresponsible things, especially from my college days. I don't have control of all these pictures because some of them belong to other people. A real-life friend might decide to post some "funny" pictures of our college exploits that would not seem "funny" to a parent or a student. There's one really clear-cut way to avoid this problem: don't have any FB friends who are parents or students, and don't blur the line between professional and personal contact.