Caring beyond...

Someone posed a question that sets me thinking. He asked whether teachers have the right to still advise or to put it bluntly, 'meddle' in the lives of students who have graduated from the school. On one side, the relationship as in the status of 'teacher-student' is of course severed once the student left school - teacher is no more his 'teacher' and he is no more the teacher's student. But, question is, does the relationship of a teacher and student binded by the mere physical presence of a school, under the umbrella of an institution only? I would hope not. More so if the teacher and student has developed over the years, a sense of care and trust and concern for one another... I would like to think that it is the heart that binds and this bond goes beyond any institution, and physical formality. Yes, i do agree that the teacher has to learn to let go - let his students learn the ropes of the real world, stumble and fall and then stand up stronger and wiser, insyaAllah...but please forgive a teacher if out of his care and love, he voiced out strong disapproval of his EX-students' behaviour..afterall, even if he is no more their teacher, he is still, with regards to Islam, an elder who should be given the right to right a wrong and respect when he speaks - don't you think so? :)