How are kids supposed to address professors? Dr., Professor, first name? Daughter got rude reaction

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am adjunct and I don't let anyone call me professor because I don't have a doctoral degree, am not a staff instructor. I go by Ms. LastName because I have found when you get too friendly/familiar with students it confuses the teacher-student relationship. I am their instructor, not their friend. I consistently get good reviews so I'll assume this system works. I refer to people in whatever way they tell me to, so if professor is what they prefer that's what I use.

This. My DH is a professor and when he was just starting out, he made the error of telling a class "Oh you can just call me Larlo"...and this opened some very bizarre floodgates of overly familiar emails like,

"Dude- so I'm not gonna be in class tomorrow. Let me know if I miss anything." and "Hey Larlo, Can you shoot me over another copy of the study guide? I can't find mine. Thx."

Definitely twilight zone teacher/student comm...and the students had no issue acting like he was their bud who could just cover for them or "do me a quick favor, bro..."

Weird.

Yes, unfortunately my colleagues and I see these sorts of emails more frequently than we'd like. And it's often the kids who've barely attended any classes but resurface at the end of the semester to plead their case for a better grade.

So true.