Too Many Secrets

So (do I start all my posts with that word?) the combination of the "Choir Practice" on Thursday and a number of other things the past couple of days with my students and my friends have synchronistically brought up an interesting question: When is it acceptable to have/keep secrets? When is it a positive weal, and when is it an active or passive harm?

One of the side effects of being a Cancer/a priestess/a good listener/an intelligent person/a teacher/an adult who isn't related to a student who is willing to talk to them is that I end up getting told a number of things in explicit or implicit confidence. This is flattering, of course; it implies a certain level of trust. But ( it causes conflicts on a number of levels. )

And just for the sake of irony, I'm going to make this a public post. :)

Too Many Secrets

So (do I start all my posts with that word?) the combination of the "Choir Practice" on Thursday and a number of other things the past couple of days with my students and my friends have synchronistically brought up an interesting question: When is it acceptable to have/keep secrets? When is it a positive weal, and when is it an active or passive harm?

One of the side effects of being a Cancer/a priestess/a good listener/an intelligent person/a teacher/an adult who isn't related to a student who is willing to talk to them is that I end up getting told a number of things in explicit or implicit confidence. This is flattering, of course; it implies a certain level of trust. But ( it causes conflicts on a number of levels. )

And just for the sake of irony, I'm going to make this a public post. :)