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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a female law professor who looks relatively young.  I've been teaching for 10+ years and have never had anyone call me anything other than Professor or Ma'am (it's the former military students who do that, and I quickly correct them). However, the casual emails starting with "Hey," etc. are something that I get from a good number of students, so I do everything I can to correct that.  The law is a very hierarchical profession, like it or not, so students need to learn the hierarchy.  These posters who say students are the customers and should be able to call professors whatever they want are not doing their children any favors.  [b]Your kids are going to get fired from their first jobs.  So, my advice to you is skip college and give your kids the money you would have spent for them to start a business.  There's a whole movement going in this direction, and your family should join them.[/b][/quote]

^ a bit of an overreaction, innit?  I'm sure OP's daughter has been corrected now and understands that some faculty (but not all) want to be addressed by their titles.[/quote]

I think pp was trying to convey a point.

- dp [/quote]

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