This post and comments made me thought. Caring action itself seem contextual. As your Egyptian student example, in our culture, students and teachers very open each other. This made teachers and students interact in emotional level but also teaching as profession seen as “taking care” and its’ profession rights affected by this view, when this perspective become nation wide. While our people mostly open each other, they also look into authority figure. Caring teachers liked but not respected. It become double-edged sword… Issue is that, caring shouldn’t be on a person but it should be collective activity. Caring for your students shouldn’t become emotional and economical burden.