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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Late to respond, but former elementary teacher here.  It would be weird for me to be called by my first name.  First, because most parents didn't know it.  They were so used to hearing their kids call me Ms so and so.  Second, because in elementary school we usually called each other Ms or Mr so and so whenever there were kids around, and it kind of got to be a habit.  So we didn't use first names that much even among ourselves.  [/quote]

That may have been the case 20 years ago, but is no longer the case. Teachers don't do that anymore, especially not the younger ones.[/quote]

-1000  At my school, young teachers and veterans address each other using last names.  It makes life easier.  I've worked with some of the same teachers for 20 years (and in one case I was her labor & delivery back-up called into action when the baby came early lol) and I still call them Mrs. LastName or Mr. LastName during the school day while in the school building. [/quote]

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