<p>Do you still show the same respect as you did in high school or do you take them as if they were your friends?</p>
<p>I will be a freshman for fall 2005 and was curious to know abt this thing.... </p>
<p>It will be fun if you can quote some incidents ..... Treat the question as you want to but it should be something related to this only.....</p>
<p>In my eyes, and I am an older student, a professor deserves a modicum of respect simply because they are the PIC. That being said, any respect beyond that must be earned. I have rarely met a professor I truly respect.</p>
<p>As you get older and more experienced at your school, you too will become opinionated and thus more critical of your professors...that is a good thing. You should always demand a lot from your instructors because they expect the same from you. The trouble is, it is their world you are playing in...and you cannot really display your displeasure with a prof.</p>
<p>So what I do is this: If I don't care for them, and there can be a myriad of reasons, I just grin and bear it. If they are someone whom I respect, than I want to get to know them more and possibly see what other classes they teach. </p>
<p>Since I have done things a bit in reverse I now appreciate that college is a training ground for the real world in more ways than you know. You will one day be in a job where you can't stand the PIC, but you have to show them some level of respect to get the results you desire...you have to "play the game" so to speak.</p>
<p>So strap on your cup and lace up those cleats, cuz it's gonna be rough...but once you get the hang of it, it's a bit easier...just don't expect much and you will be just fine.</p>
<p>It depends on the person and the school, but generally speaking, yes - you should most definitely show respect for your professors. I'm not exactly sure what you mean by this, but what comes to mind for me with my own professors is that you don't interrupt them while lecturing (some will get really annoyed), you should call them, "professor", and don't speak with some attitude like you know everything already. For me, this just stands to reason, but apparently not for other students.</p>
<p>One small issue for me was how to address the T.A.'s, who generally are only slightly older than me. It seems too much to call them "Mr. so-and-so" and too chummy to use the first name. I quickly noted that the other students refer to T.A.'s and other young advisors by "sir" and "miss".</p>
<p>I've never heard of calling a professor "professor". </p>
<p>If you are that bothered by this, then ask them what they want to be called. It's not that hard to do.</p>
<p>What is a PIC??</p>
<p>"Professor," or "Dr." was how undergraduates addressed professors where I taught, and where I went to school.</p>
<p>In graduate school where I attended grad school, things became more casual, which students calling profs mainly by first name. This was not, however, the case at the universities where I taught. Those were more formal. Interestingly, what I have found is that the higher ranked the university, the less formal things are when it comes to how grad students address their profs.</p>
<p>i would say that during freshman year, and maybe sophmore year, we were calling our professors like professor so and so, but by now I call pretty much all of my professors by their first name, and they call me by my first name. it's not uncommon to hear someone saying "hey what did we do in traceys class today?" or something similar. although there are a few that ask for professor, for the most part we're on a first name basis.</p>
<p>I wonder how much the name-thing depends on the school... because it seems really strange to me to call a professor by first name, and I can only imagine the kind of reactions that would get from some of the profs here. </p>
<p>then again, I wouldn't even want to call a professor by his/her first name.</p>
<p>I would respect a Professor much more than a high school teacher. I didn't respect my high school teachers much more than I did my peers.</p>
<p>A lot of younger professors ask to be addressed by their first names. However, I prefer to err on the side of caution and call them Dr., etc. unless they prefer something else.</p>
<p>I have what my mother drilled into me at a young age: 'southern manners.'
For example, I work in television and the hosts ask me to call them by their first name. One such host's name is Ava. I call her Miss Ava and I think she understands how I was raised, and she always tells me to call her just Ava. </p>
<p>I call my teachers Mr and Mrs and Dr, if they prefer, and I use sir and ma'am. I do that with all adults that I think have some sort of authority: bosses, hosts, parents, teachers, etc. </p>
<p>Its not something I could be easily broke up, and has earned me some (undeserved and unwanted) brownie points.</p>
<p>I'd address them however they introduce themselves in the beginning.</p>
<p>I find there is a HUGE difference between the way college professors teach when compared to high school teachers, and they know a hundred times more than a HS teacher - I, too, call them Professor or Dr. - they earned it [yes even the bad ones]</p>
<p>yes they have, but at the same time, we're all adults. whatever the culture is, is what you go with.</p>
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Do you still show the same respect as you did in high school or do you take them as if they were your friends?
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I have respect for my teachers now in HS, but we are definitely on a friendly level. It's one of the things my school prides itself on. Many of my teachers in HS have held PhD.s, but no students have ever called them "Dr.<strong>". Other teachers feel some weird obligation to do this though, so when they talk about another teacher with students they are always saying "Dr.</strong>". It sounds awkward.</p>
<p>I think you should always take the specific circumstances into consideration when adressing someone. If they tell you to call them something, do it. If not, go with any appropriate, respectful adress you feel comfortable with. This goes for everyone: HS/College teachers, bosses, friends(probably first name:) ), etc.</p>
<p>PIC = Person In Charge</p>
<p>The only high school teacher I ever had that was a phD we called "Dr." You don't just say "Doctor" or "Professor" of course, you would say "Dr. Johnson" or "Professor Plum.'</p>
<p>i like most of my professors</p>
<p>but once i had a teacher who forced his students to call him Dr. ... i didn't like that prick</p>
<p>Why not? They earned the title, they should feel free to have people call them by that name. Remember, you are the student, they are the teacher..what have YOU done?</p>
<p>I completely agree, exilio. However, I remember one such instance with my 7th grade math teacher. I went to return a book I had last month (it was the year my father died and I didn't turn in text books) that I had just found. Apparently, she earned her doctorates in education within the 4 and half years I haven't been in her class. I was unaware of this, and called her Mrs. So and So. She got extremely agitated and corrected me all huffy. "Its Doctor So and So."</p>
<p>I understand that she earned the title, but if they don't mention it before you speak their name, they shouldn't get have a hissy fit.</p>
<p>Well it would be nice if people were not as condescending as your teacher, but that is true with any person in some position of authority. Some are respectful of others, some are not.</p>
<p>Understand I am not saying a person with the title is superior, but rather, they are in a superior position, and as such are deserving of a modicum of respect. Trust me, I'll be the first person to tell a prof to stick it where the sun doesn't shine if they come across as smug and try to berate me. ;)</p>
<p>Perhaps it is my military background, but I believe there is a certain chain of command that must be observed and recognized. Nowadays, students like to blur the lines...this leads to a breakdown in recognizing the relative position of student and teacher. If I was a professor I would expect my students to call me Mr. So-and-so, or Dr. So-and-so. Not because I need to feel important, but because it reinforces the environment of the institution and process. Professor's are not there to be your bud.</p>
<p>On a daily basis I see student's that are incredibly rude towards professor's as if the teacher owes them something...this is because the student's are coddled and feel entitlement of some kind to be on the same level as the teacher...they are spoiled brats sometimes.</p>
<p>There is a saying I read once that mentioned you should treat all others as superior to you. I have found this to be incredibly helpful in not only my relationships with teachers and students, but in keeping my own ego in check.</p>