Anonymous
Post 06/20/2020 12:42     Subject: Why do people with Ed.Ds put DOCTOR ____ on *everything*?
Anonymous wrote:My son's elementary school teacher has an EdD and insists that the students and parents call her "Doctor". Annoying for the parents (at least for me) and confusing for the kids.


Are your kids also confused by calling their dentist “Dr.?”
Anonymous
Post 06/20/2020 12:35     Subject: Re:Why do people with Ed.Ds put DOCTOR ____ on *everything*?
They ARE doctorates, but I agree that Ed.D.s are the worst about insisting that people address them that way -- including Jill Biden.
Anonymous
Post 06/20/2020 12:32     Subject: Re:Why do people with Ed.Ds put DOCTOR ____ on *everything*?
I have a PhD fwiw. I think EdD are real docs. What I don’t like are physical therapists calling themselves “doctor.” It’s deliberately misleading. I can think of a couple of people in this area who work wit kids with special needs who do it. You always have to ask “doctor of what?” And from where.
Anonymous
Post 06/20/2020 12:24     Subject: Re:Why do people with Ed.Ds put DOCTOR ____ on *everything*?
Anonymous wrote:It drives me nuts when people put MBA on their email signature. It says a lot about them.


Yes it does
Anonymous
Post 06/20/2020 12:23     Subject: Why do people with Ed.Ds put DOCTOR ____ on *everything*?
Anonymous wrote:Old subject but I have an Ed.D (Doctor of Education) and prior to entering the doctoral program I had to have an Educational Specialist Degree, pass a comprehensive exam before moving on. Once in the program I had to perform internships, shadow an administrator, conduct research and then write a dissertation; which goes before a committee for accuracy. On top of that the dissertation goes through a computerized process called turn-it-in which checks for plagiarism. However the dissertation committee has the final say so.
A lot of work and energy goes into earning an Ed.D and I am proud to call myself Doctor. By credentials are as such
BS. MS, Ed.S, Ed.S, Ed.D I promote education.


Doesn't sound that difficult to me.

I cringe for people who do this. Also attorneys who sign emails Pompous Smith, JD. Blech.
Anonymous
Post 06/20/2020 12:12     Subject: Why do people with Ed.Ds put DOCTOR ____ on *everything*?
Anonymous wrote:I agree that it's ridiculous, especially because I know two dumb EdD's. I'll call you Doctor if you graduated from med school.





Yer dumb, too.
Anonymous
Post 06/20/2020 11:50     Subject: Re:Why do people with Ed.Ds put DOCTOR ____ on *everything*?
LOL. When I got to college, I heard my fellow students calling our professors (of political science) Dr. This and Dr. That.

I mentioned to my peers that I was surprised that these faculty members were teaching political science, when they could be practicing medicine. It had never occurred to me (at age 18) that someone who's not a medical doctor would call themselves that!
Anonymous
Post 06/20/2020 10:51     Subject: Why do people with Ed.Ds put DOCTOR ____ on *everything*?
Anonymous wrote:My son's elementary school teacher has an EdD and insists that the students and parents call her "Doctor". Annoying for the parents (at least for me) and confusing for the kids.
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Why is it confusing for the kids that their teacher has earned a doctorate degree? Have their annoyed parents not explained to them what a physician is?
Anonymous
Post 06/20/2020 10:48     Subject: Why do people with Ed.Ds put DOCTOR ____ on *everything*?
Old subject but I have an Ed.D (Doctor of Education) and prior to entering the doctoral program I had to have an Educational Specialist Degree, pass a comprehensive exam before moving on. Once in the program I had to perform internships, shadow an administrator, conduct research and then write a dissertation; which goes before a committee for accuracy. On top of that the dissertation goes through a computerized process called turn-it-in which checks for plagiarism. However the dissertation committee has the final say so.
A lot of work and energy goes into earning an Ed.D and I am proud to call myself Doctor. By credentials are as such
BS. MS, Ed.S, Ed.S, Ed.D I promote education.
Anonymous
Post 04/06/2017 10:59     Subject: Why do people with Ed.Ds put DOCTOR ____ on *everything*?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:An Ed.D. is NOT a Ph.D.

It's like calling a massage therapist a doctor.


Why? I'm not familiar with the diff


Ph.D here. Apparently there's an original research component here that's not present in the Ed.D. track although I think in some places you can find Phds in Education. That being said, I think they are doctoral degrees and have no problem calling them as such.
Anonymous
Post 04/06/2017 10:53     Subject: Why do people with Ed.Ds put DOCTOR ____ on *everything*?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I agree that it's ridiculous, especially because I know two dumb EdD's. I'll call you Doctor if you graduated from med school.


Normally, I don't care if people call me Dr. or not. But, me, with my PhD in physics, require you to call me Dr. Why? because if you will be an a-hole, I will to.

Dr. X


Dear Doctor X,

Your grammar is atrocious!

Best wishes,
Ms. S.
Anonymous
Post 04/06/2017 10:47     Subject: Why do people with Ed.Ds put DOCTOR ____ on *everything*?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My son's elementary school teacher has an EdD and insists that the students and parents call her "Doctor". Annoying for the parents (at least for me) and confusing for the kids.


Your kid can't learn to call someone Dr. X? I don't understand how it's any different from learning Mr/Mrs/Ms/Miss. You call people what they want to be called. It's basic politeness.

And no, I don't have a doctorate of any kind. I go by Ms. or Mrs. because that is the appropriate title for me. I just don't understand why anyone cares if someone wants to be called by a title they have earned.


So, depending on what field you're in, it's considered gauche to insist that people call you "Dr." when you have a Ph.D. At my workplace, probably a third of the people have Ph.D.s and nobody knows or cares, because people only care about the work you do, not your degrees.

This is obviously different in different settings. I think OP's observation is that Ed.D.s tend to ask to be called Dr. more often than in some other fields.
Anonymous
Post 04/06/2017 10:04     Subject: Why do people with Ed.Ds put DOCTOR ____ on *everything*?
Anonymous wrote:My son's elementary school teacher has an EdD and insists that the students and parents call her "Doctor". Annoying for the parents (at least for me) and confusing for the kids.


Two teachers have done this in the past and they were both two of the worst teachers! I think it's a desperate attempt to "distinguish" themselves, cover up lack of ability in teaching.
Anonymous
Post 04/06/2017 09:54     Subject: Why do people with Ed.Ds put DOCTOR ____ on *everything*?
Anonymous wrote:An Ed.D. is NOT a Ph.D.

It's like calling a massage therapist a doctor.


Why? I'm not familiar with the diff
Anonymous
Post 04/06/2017 09:52     Subject: Why do people with Ed.Ds put DOCTOR ____ on *everything*?
Anonymous wrote:My son's elementary school teacher has an EdD and insists that the students and parents call her "Doctor". Annoying for the parents (at least for me) and confusing for the kids.


Your kid can't learn to call someone Dr. X? I don't understand how it's any different from learning Mr/Mrs/Ms/Miss. You call people what they want to be called. It's basic politeness.

And no, I don't have a doctorate of any kind. I go by Ms. or Mrs. because that is the appropriate title for me. I just don't understand why anyone cares if someone wants to be called by a title they have earned.