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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm the professor who wrote at the top of this page. Even staff who do not work directly with someone initially refer to faculty by "professor." It is simply the formal title used in this professional setting. It is the default unless someone insists on a first name. My belief is that professors should not ask students to refer to them by their first name. If they do insist students use their first name, I would worry they have boundary isssues.

I am flabbergasted to read all these parents who are shocked or resentful that there are formal boundaries in academia. It's not about subservience. It's about professionalism. [/quote]

I am someone who has a title that could be used and doesn't, not a shocked parent. I will not insist [b]another adult[/b] address me in a subservient manner. [/quote]

OK, but do you really feel that college students are adults just because they have reached the legal adult age? I think we are talking about undergrads here.

Come to think of it, when I was in business school and most of the students were in fact adults, we still called our professors by their last name as they did with us. [/quote]

Good point.  My professors also referred to me as Ms. X, so it wasn't an issue of ego/subservience it was just decorum.  [/quote]

But kids can't use Ms and Mr anymore because the pronoun police will turn you in if you use the wrong one. Everyone in academia has "preferred pronouns" now. Kids walk on eggshells fearing all these perceived slights. So, I don't see the problem playing it safe with first names. Everyone loves their first name; it's familiar and comforting, [b]unless you're on a cocktail of SSRIs and have seven cats, of course.[/b][/quote]

I smell more hyperbole. :lol:[/quote]

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