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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know there have been a number of past DCUM threads in which great scorn was heaped upon PhDs who wanted to be called "Doctor" in the workplace. "Ha, only an insecure uptight aszhole wants to be called doctor just because they have a PhD!"

But now, apparently, it's all about the Respect and Professionalism...

And before everyone says academia is not the same as the workplace, in fact, adults in the workplace should show [i]more[/i] respect and professionalism to other adults with credentials than students at university should show to their professors, not less. Presuming, at least, that adults in the workplace are more mature than college students.[/quote]

Those threads were mostly talking about social situations, or a workplace in terms of colleagues referencing each other. OP's kid is not a colleague, and it's not a social situation. [b]She is a student. Someone who, by definition, is much lower on the totem pole and is there to learn from those above her.[/b]

I have a PhD and would never expect (or want) to be referred to as Dr in a social situation. I don't even select that as my title when filling out forms at medical practices. I also don't expect the office staff or tech staff at the universities to call me anything other than my first name. However, if a student just waltzed in and started talking to a room full of academics as if she's meeting them in a bar then that doesn't give a good impression.[/quote]

The professor is a well-paid employee, the student is the paying customer. Why does the student have to act like a servile throne sniffer?[/quote]

Oh my. Do the millennials have kids in college already?  :roll:

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