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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Anything but first name is fine with me, and I teach my kids not to call adults by their first names.  If an adult insisted on being called Bobby I would have that conversation with my kid when it came up.

In my view, if an adult is fine with being called by their first name, that could just be a regional thing or how they were raised.  But if an adult absolutely INSISTS on being called by their first name by children, there is something off - trying to erase boundaries, be "one of the cool moms," something like that.  I had one student teacher in high school who insisted we call him Greg and he also asked several 15/16 year old girls for their pager numbers, so my antennae are up for stuff like this.[/quote]

You're a little overboard with your paranoia. I went to a private HS where everyone was on a first name basis. My principal was Kevin. I didn't even KNOW the last names of most of my teachers. They were all professional yet we also all felt close with them. Having everyone (of all ages) call me by my first name is not about being cool. It's about being approachable and inviting and not feeling formal and standoff-ish. [/quote]

Do you really not see any difference in the situation you described and PP’s?[/quote]

The student teacher is TOLD by the school what to have students call them. It's not their choice. The situation was that he CHOSE to ask teen girls for their pager numbers. It has nothing to do with him using his first name. [/quote]

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