Explore how positive reinforcement from a teacher fosters a student's self-esteem and shapes their academic identity. 3. Navigating Social Boundaries

Greater awareness of power imbalances has led to stories that either explicitly call out abuse (e.g., Notes on a Scandal ) or continue to sensationalize it (e.g., Pretty Little Liars Common Tropes and Thematic Archetypes

She looked at me then—not as a teacher correcting a mistake, but as a person who had seen a version of this story before. Her eyes were tired. Kind. And impossibly far away.