Teacher-Student Relationships and Academic Achievement: What’s the Connection?

Growing up in a Spanish-speaking household one of the authors, Ann, was subjected to an ample variety of “dichos”, or sayings, with nuanced meanings. She was repeatedly warned against laziness and lying. Her mother was very concerned about who she spent time with and would frequently say “Dime con quién andas, y te diré quién eres” (“Tell me who your friends are and I'll tell you who you are.”) She certainly didn’t know it but she was referring to the similarity/attraction effect!