drawing a line

Drawing a line between a student and a teacher is hard to do when both are inlove.

Sony, a 30-year-old single man, had developed a romantic affection towards Emile, his student. They belong to the same faculty that was why they had seen each other often anywhere in the campus. Emile, a 22-year-old single student, had felt the same way towards her teacher, Sony. They both had held this powerful emotion that society dictates as forbidden.

Sony had been very careful pretending as if they had not been seeing each other outside school. He had to protect his job. Emile had been suppressed for quite a long time hiding this kind of relationship with her teacher. She had to bury freedom deep down the ground to safeguard her image as a student and as a woman.

But time was not on their side and the dean in their department had known their relationship. Sony lost his job so as Emile was expelled from school. 

Did Sony and Emile make a good decision by keeping their relationship from the eyes of the people around them? Do you think they should have fought against this norm in the society? 

We always say there is nothing wrong in or with loving. A boss and secretary can; a rich and a poor can; an old and a young can. But when a teacher and his student engage into a romantic relationship oftentimes people think of it as hellish one.

When it comes to love, how far could a teacher go for a student? Should their feelings be repressed, and wait for a time when they are both free from criticisms of others?