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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For those teachers on this thread who insist that parents call you Mr. Or Miss/Mrs./Ms., this is one reason that parents generally have no respect for teachers.  I was a Wall Street lawyer and former investment banker who left and became a teacher. I insisted that parents call me by my first name. I was older than most of them and wanted them to view me as a professional who was working with them to help their kids be the best that they could be. I didn't need to create an silly artificial boundary by insisting that the parents address me as Mrs. Smith.  In the world of professionals most people wish to be addressed by their first names, even by their subordinates (and parents are definitely not the subordinates of teachers).  Students should call teachers by their last name as it is a whole different relationship.[/quote]

That is a bit hyperbolic.

When I taught, everyone called me by my last name.  That was the culture where I taught.  Now, when I email teachers, I start with the honorific and follow their lead. I read nothing into it.  I certainly don't think this choice is related to the downfall of education.  
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This exactly. You just follow the culture of the school. I’m a HS teacher and I don’t care what parents call me. 
But our school seems to follow the more formal pattern of Mr., Ms, Mrs., Dr.
Whatever! I don’t really care what kids or parents call me but they seem to follow convention.
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