This is where I tell the story of my professor, who was a nun and a Ph.d. Her last name was Hoctor. So, against all conventions, we always called her "Sister Doctor Hoctor"
I can beat up demons until the cows come home, and then I can beat up the cows.
Buffy ,'Dirty Girls'
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Sophia Brooks - Sep 22, 2009 8:29:47 am PDT #1536 of 8624
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Sep 22, 2009 9:16:07 am PDT #1537 of 8624
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
I mean, what else are they going to use?
I've always called all my lecturers* by their first names. Without exception. It was a bit odd as a first year undergrad, admittedly. But my current dissertation supervisor is younger than me. If I'd called her 'Dr --' instead of 'Anita', it would have made her laugh rather a lot.
So, against all conventions, we always called her "Sister Doctor Hoctor"
Hee. Did she have a sense of humour about it?
*in the UK, we use this term used for university teachers generally. You can have tenure-track lecturers or fixed-term (adjunct) lecturers, etc.
Jesse - Sep 22, 2009 9:19:08 am PDT #1538 of 8624
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh yeah, we would have adjunct professors, etc., which is different from being the Smith Professor of Blah Blah.
Laga - Sep 22, 2009 9:20:11 am PDT #1539 of 8624
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I had a philosophy prof. who insisted on being called by his first name, Fred. He told his students that if they had a problem addressing their instructors by first names they should call him, "Mr. Fred".
Polter-Cow - Sep 22, 2009 9:22:10 am PDT #1540 of 8624
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
F-Dawg.
Fred Pete - Sep 22, 2009 9:38:01 am PDT #1541 of 8624
Ann, that's a ferret.
they should call him, "Mr. Fred".
A little too close to "Mr. Ed" for my comfort.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Sep 22, 2009 9:41:02 am PDT #1542 of 8624
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
Laga - Heh. Nice of him to give them that much comfort space. I've taught in community colleges, and I'm always addressed by my first name, even among younger students. If my students find it odd, they get to call me 'Miss [surname]', and I in return get to call them 'Mr [surname]'. With eighteen-year-olds, that tends to last for exactly one class...
DebetEsse - Sep 22, 2009 12:58:06 pm PDT #1543 of 8624
Woe to the fucking wicked.
I have no issue with first name use, but, yeah, it seems to weird students out a bit, especially, I think, as they're going to be teachers, and that would freak them out a lot.
Vortex - Sep 22, 2009 5:34:57 pm PDT #1544 of 8624
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I was a double major. In the theatre department, all of my profs were first name. In the english department it was all Doctor or Professor. It depends on the culture.
DavidS - Sep 22, 2009 5:39:19 pm PDT #1545 of 8624
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
At my college all the professors were called "Professor." And they did, in fact, profess.
Every professor at my college had a doctorate, though.