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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Mr./Ms. Lastname unless instructed otherwise. I find addressing someone with whom I have a professional relationship by their first name without invitation to be inappropriately familiar and overstepping a boundary. I think everything becoming overly casual these days is a bad thing and symptomatic of the general decline in civility and respect for other people. A title like Mr. or Ms. gives a little bit of formality and distance. You talk in a different way to someone you call by their first name and often don't choose your words as carefully and I think that can be a mistake. Familiarity breeds contempt. Yes, I'm old-fashioned (though not old). Get off of my lawn. [/quote] Got it. Teachers calling students and parents by their first names should be taken as a sign of contempt. That really helps put the last 18 months into perspective.[/quote]
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