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_Here, in this scenario, there is a distance between participants, that the teacher is

superior than the student. We notice that also all the student's utterance showing
respect to the teacher by using the word “sir”.
_Here, the student didn't do his homework, so the teacher wanted to punish him by
using “face threatening act” when he said “May I contact your parents and tell them
about this? “. The student's reply to his teacher had a “bald on record” by the
utterance “Please, don't say to my parents “. Then, the teacher used a “face
threatening act” when he said “And do not repeat this. Is it clear? “ to make the
student affraid of punishment if he repeats this action.

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