Teacher Signs emails with They / She what does this mean how should we and our child and we address her

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just say Ms. Carlson.

“Good morning, Ms. Carlson.”
“Hi, Ms. Carson, I have a question.”

If you are talking about her, you can say Ms. Carlson.

“Ms. Carlson asked me to let you know we’re picking Billy up as a walker today.”

“She” is an option that Ms. Carlson lists as a pronoun, so you may say “she.” But you don’t really need to use pronouns when you can simply use someone’s name.

Huh? Does the teacher use Ms? Or Mx? Or prefer Larla/Larlo/Larlx? Doesn't appear clear at all.

My 5th grader's teacher uses they/them, which is clear. The grammarian in me resents they/she, because it doesn't address what object pronoun to use, but its better than they/her.

I'm pretty sure your kids teacher is fine with both they/their/them and she/hers/her, but prefers the former. You can also ask.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We recently received an email from our child's teacher, whose signature says they/ she.

How are we supposed to address her? Can we say she? When do we address her as they?

The teacher has never indicated how to address her in class and my child has no idea.

I want to make sure my child does the right thing.

What exactly is in the signature, besides the name?

"they/she" means that both of those forms of third-person singular pronoun are acceptable.

You should probably attend a refresher English class.

You'll get through this! I promise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We recently received an email from our child's teacher, whose signature says they/ she.

How are we supposed to address her? Can we say she? When do we address her as they?

The teacher has never indicated how to address her in class and my child has no idea.

I want to make sure my child does the right thing.

What exactly is in the signature, besides the name?

"they/she" means that both of those forms of third-person singular pronoun are acceptable.

You should probably attend a refresher English class.

You'll get through this! I promise.

In most writing guides I've seen, you use "they" when the gender is unknown, and he or she when you do. But in this case, we know the teacher prefers "she" so why add in "they"? They seem to be conflicting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We recently received an email from our child's teacher, whose signature says they/ she.

How are we supposed to address her? Can we say she? When do we address her as they?

The teacher has never indicated how to address her in class and my child has no idea.

I want to make sure my child does the right thing.

What exactly is in the signature, besides the name?

"they/she" means that both of those forms of third-person singular pronoun are acceptable.

You should probably attend a refresher English class.

You'll get through this! I promise.

In most writing guides I've seen, you use "they" when the gender is unknown, and he or she when you do. But in this case, we know the teacher prefers "she" so why add in "they"? They seem to be conflicting.

Yes, this has become pretty common. I've seen it a lot when the teacher wants to signal a posture of inclusivity and diversity, but is unsure of how to do it. So you get meaningless theatre like this instead.

[Anonymous]

"She" pronouns are just fine.

[Anonymous]

She/her I understand. But she/they? Doesn't one signal you're female, while the other signals you're non-binary, so how can a person be both at once?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She/her I understand. But she/they? Doesn't one signal you're female, while the other signals you're non-binary, so how can a person be both at once?

The dems allowed you to be whatever you wanted to be

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It makes no sense. People that do this want attention. Give them none. Call her by her name.

Teachers are required to put their pronouns in emails. I haven’t had any that used “they” so it hasn’t been a problem.

Um no they haven’t. Not in my district.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It makes no sense. People that do this want attention. Give them none. Call her by her name.

Teachers are required to put their pronouns in emails. I haven’t had any that used “they” so it hasn’t been a problem.

Trump issued an EO on Wednesday and this is no longer going to be allowed in schools. For teachers or kids.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/ending-radical-indoctrination-in-k-12-schooling/

[Anonymous]

Dear Sarah,

Larla shared with us that you are using they/them pronouns and she wants to use the appropriate terms when addressing you in the classroom. Can you please let me know if she should call you Ms. Smith, Sarah, or something else?

Thank you!
Mom

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It makes no sense. People that do this want attention. Give them none. Call her by her name.

Teachers are required to put their pronouns in emails. I haven’t had any that used “they” so it hasn’t been a problem.

Trump issued an EO on Wednesday and this is no longer going to be allowed in schools. For teachers or kids.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/ending-radical-indoctrination-in-k-12-schooling/

The EO just asks the Dept of Ed to come up with a plan in 90 days, based on what they have the authority to do. Nothing is banned, at least yet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just say Ms. Carlson.

“Good morning, Ms. Carlson.”
“Hi, Ms. Carson, I have a question.”

If you are talking about her, you can say Ms. Carlson.

“Ms. Carlson asked me to let you know we’re picking Billy up as a walker today.”

“She” is an option that Ms. Carlson lists as a pronoun, so you may say “she.” But you don’t really need to use pronouns when you can simply use someone’s name.

You inadvertently undermined your whole argument by using a pronoun. The whole reason our language has pronouns is because constantly using a proper name is awkward and tedious. So it’s not a great answer to breezily dismiss this question with “oh, don’t use pronouns. Who needs them, anyway?”

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Can you give an example of a sentence where you address someone in person using the third person pronoun?

"Ms. Smith, this is my mom. Mom, this is Ms. Smith. She's my history teacher."

That’s not addressing your teacher- you are speaking to your mom at that point.

Hit send too soon.

So I still don’t see how the third person pronoun matters in addressing the teacher, which is the question asked in the subject.

I'm sure the person can still file a complaint if you refer to them in the third person, in front of them, if you use a non-preferred pronoun. The point is that you don't only use the third person form when the person isn't around.

That’s not what was asked in the subject. They wanted to know how to address the teacher, not how to speak about the teacher in third person in front of them.

And it seems pretty obvious that either they or she is accepted if the occasion demands that you use a third person pronoun in front of the person you are speaking of.

Is this the first email you’ve received from the teacher this school year? Or did the teacher just recently change her signature block? How has your child been addressing the teacher since the start of the school year?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It makes no sense. People that do this want attention. Give them none. Call her by her name.

Teachers are required to put their pronouns in emails. I haven’t had any that used “they” so it hasn’t been a problem.

Trump issued an EO on Wednesday and this is no longer going to be allowed in schools. For teachers or kids.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/ending-radical-indoctrination-in-k-12-schooling/

The EO just asks the Dept of Ed to come up with a plan in 90 days, based on what they have the authority to do. Nothing is banned, at least yet.

Yes but the VA AG office has been threatening schools and medical facilities to comply now. A different topic but UVA and VCU stopped gender affirming care to INCLUDE counseling b/c of threats from the VA AG. Its still legal in VA but they were pressured to stop.

[Anonymous]

Troll!