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Reply to "Teachers - do you mind being called by your first name (by parents)?"
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[quote=Anonymous]For those teachers on this thread who insist that parents call you Mr. Or Miss/Mrs./Ms., this is one reason that parents generally have no respect for teachers. I was a Wall Street lawyer and former investment banker who left and became a teacher. I insisted that parents call me by my first name. I was older than most of them and wanted them to view me as a professional who was working with them to help their kids be the best that they could be. I didn't need to create an silly artificial boundary by insisting that the parents address me as Mrs. Smith. In the world of professionals most people wish to be addressed by their first names, even by their subordinates (and parents are definitely not the subordinates of teachers). Students should call teachers by their last name as it is a whole different relationship.[/quote]
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