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...door swings the other way, too. Eric D. Bennett ’97, a resident tutor in English in Pforzheimer House, says the tutor-student relationship can be what complicates a friendship...
...Definitely friendship is an important part of the tutor-student dynamic, although there is enough of an inherent hierarchy in the system that it’s an adulterated kind of friendship,” he says...
Keeping a distance can be difficult, as many events organized by students and tutors, such as House Stein Clubs and happy hours, offer alcohol to students and tutors together. Off-campus, the same socializing with alcohol involved could violate tutor guidelines...
Peter Wilson says it’s difficult to discern what the limits are, especially if student-tutor interactions take place outside the House...
Though the issue of questionable relationships between students and Harvard staff members is typically viewed through the lens of the tutor-student relationship, it is far from the only context in which the problem arises...