<p>Which is more formal when you're writing a letter?</p>
<p>professor.</p>
<p>if he has a PHD its Dr. If he doesnt then its Professor.</p>
<p>Proff could be profeekuvdubfsbdpiusvusaivbspidv</p>
<p>I would use Professor, but it depends on your professor. Some don't care if you address them as Dr. or Professor. I have used Prof when emailing a particular professor because he signs his emails with Prof _______, and he never scolded me or thought I was being disrespectful for it. </p>
<p>The weirdest thing I've seen him sign off as is just his last name.</p>
<p>Maybe I'm just a bit older and the whole mystique of the PhD-holder has worn off, but...</p>
<p>I sincerely doubt any of them care. Seriously. Professor, Dr., whatever. Most professor's I've dealt with at this point of my life would just like some sort of title that denotes respect. However, the older you get, the more you realize that many of them would be fine with you even using their names. Many of mine have insisted that I do so. Many in undergrad did as well.</p>
<p>Don't worry, you won't be sent to the academic gallows for using prof. over Dr.</p>
<p>i believe that a professor should be absolutely respected and unquestioned. period. anyone who is disrespectful or casual with his superior is something that i cannot conceive.</p>
<p>the consequences of salvador dali's ranting of rude remarks in front of the panel of judges (all attired in dark solemn robes) in his final in an art school in spain reminds me to fear those who are powerful. or, perhaps, profs in america are less strict than their european counterparts...but no matter. ultr-traditionalism, utter respect and unquestioning submission to superiors are unquestionable requisites in society.
here i must quote a latin american proverb:
yo conozco pero yo no obedesco</p>
<p>sauronvoldemort,</p>
<p>Professors can be wrong, and anyone who doesn't question them when they are is doing a disservice to academia. </p>
<p>Furthermore, unyielding submission to superiors is akin to a kind of docility and (I hate to use this word) fascist mindset that professors themselves do not want.</p>
<p>Not all professors are worthy of respect like the ones who sleep with their current students, for example.</p>
<p>I'm sure you'd still address the president as Mr. President.</p>
<p>Actually, that is considered acceptable, if by your post, you meant how to address a President. A lot of newsreporters do address Presidents in that manner.</p>
<p>i took it as him saying we have a bad president, but you still call him Mr. President out of respect...</p>
<p>Would you still call a physician who assisted in suicides Dr. __________ out of respect, steevee even though it is illegal in Canada (and US)? (I'm talking about the legality of the issue, not the morality because I don't know how you feel about this topic). Or would you be saying it because he/she has gone the route of becoming a medical doctor?</p>
<p>Respect is something you earn through your actions, not by the letters after your name. For example, a professor at my university was arrested for assaulting a police officer, however, I would address him as a Dr. because he has gone through the motions of it and still is employed at the university, however, it would not be because I respect him.</p>
<p>I have one professor is is so uptight about his phd, he always makes you say Dr. and he refers to himself as Dr. Its insane.</p>
<p>are there any schools that offer a phd in pokemon studies?</p>
<p>That's why Prof. Oak sounded so familiar...... :-P</p>
<p>i believe in authoritarian rule at a local everday life level. it gives the body in its sphere of rule a direction, u see. it's less encumbered than say a class open to discussion and expression of opinions.</p>
<p>Professor or Doctor doesn't necessarily denote respect .. it just means that you acknowledge they have PhD or a doctorate or whatever.</p>
<p>asuron, i usually think u're not worth listening to, but on this part, i think u're right. it's amazing how some students are rude to teachers</p>
<p>Rule number 1:</p>
<p>If you are at a university, these highly intelligent people aren't "teachers". They are Professors. :)</p>
<p>There's a huge difference between Mr. __________ and Dr.__________ and if you don't believe me, address someone with a Ph.D as Mr. or Mrs. in their office or during a lecture at a university. </p>
<p>One has a bachelor's degree (minimum) and the other has a Ph.D. </p>
<p>Huge difference.</p>
<p>smurfgirl,</p>
<p>Depends. Some are. Professors at LACs are most certainly teachers, and I think many of them take pride in that fact. Professors who are just lecturers or filling some chair and teaching classes are teachers.</p>
<p>You can be both a professor and a teacher. They are not mutually exclusive.</p>