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Why is it weird to know your teachers first name? To me it seems absurd not to know your teachers first name.
by Santanlan 4y ago
Why is it weird to know your teachers first name?
To me it seems absurd not to know your teachers first name.
- DecoPerson 4y agoGrowing up in Australia, calling a teacher by their first name as a student was incredibly disrespectful and worthy of being sent to the principal if done repeatedly. This often resulted in students never learning their teachers’ given names. Generally, adults—teachers or otherwise—expected to be called by their title and surname, and would likely correct a kid if addressed wrongly. I rarely see kids out and about at all these days, and if they are, I never see them interacting with adults other than buying take-away. It’s a bit concerning, really.
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- kcplate 4y ago> Growing up in Australia, calling a teacher by their first name as a student was incredibly disrespectful and worthy of being sent to the principal if done repeatedly Same in US. I have been out of school for a long time, but this was definitely was not something you did without consequences.
- dehrmann 4y agoWhere I'm from in the US, I agree that it was very disrespectful to use a teacher's first name, though I don't feel like that made it a secret. I think I knew most of my teacher's first names.
- stephen_g 4y agoI had the same thing (also Australia), but it was common for us to know what the teacher's name was even if we didn't use it.