Refusing to divulge a number?

You were absolutely right. If the roles were reversed and you asked for and received a fellow pupils number from the teacher, he would have been in big trouble if he complied (breach of the data protection act).

Well done for you for having moral strength.

Well done to you. As a 51 year old man I would say that the teacher was definitely in the wrong to ask you for her number. These contact details are strictly controlled and it wouldn't surprise me that they are logged when people use them. This is to prevent inappropriate usage of these details. I know that I would be very weary of a teacher who had my daughters mobile phone number, and would complain to the head vigorously. If there is a problem with attendance there is a procedure and channels that any teacher must go through, and clearly he was not doing any of these. DO NOT under any circumstances give him her or your number.

You are absolutely and unequivocally in the right. That is private information, and it's not for you to share. Shame on him for asking...but I suppose it was his shame that caused him to "storm off".

You provided a reasonable compromise. He's not being reasonable about it.

I'm guessing your friend appreciates that you didn't share her phone number. I know I would, if I were her. If she wanted the teacher to have it, she would have given it to him.

And I'm pretty sure that's the answer...if your friend (the owner of the number) is glad it wasn't shared, then who else would assume they have the right to even comment?

You are absolutely right! It's not yours to give away. Another thing you could have done was ask the friend if you were allowed to give her number to the teacher. Otherwise, you're in the right, all the way!

Your response was fine. What happened to you kind of reminds me of what would happen in my last job, the part about storming off. He just did that because he wasn't getting his own way. You were perfectly in your right to not give out her number and if you did, your friend would have probably killed you anyway. I would have been upset if you had done that to me too.

Just let the drama blow over. If anyone keeps talking about it just say, "okay, please get over it. What happened, happened and I still stand by my decision".

Your Teacher shouldn't have asked you for the number in the first place all the info is on student's charts Be proud of yourself & you're a trusted & true friend Good for you

I'm with you, it's up to your friend who has and doesn't have their number, it doesn't matter who asks me for someone elses number, I would never just give it out, I would ask the person in question to contact the person who wanted their number.

You did the right thing. It's not your number to give. If your friend wanted the teacher to have the number she would have given it to him. Your in the right.

i think you are in the right.

well done for standing up to him.

like you said, the number was shared with you... your friend did not tell you she wishes for you to give it to other people. the school should have contact details stored somewhere.

your teacher is being very immature.

i was in teaching and personally, i'd not feel it to be very professional for a teacher to ask a student for a student's number.

The teacher should not have put you in that position as it would have made you out to be snitching on your friend if you had passed the number on.