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First names connote familiarity, which is preferred in most of our society after and when we are in familiar settings.
If you wish to be called by something else (if I were the professor) I'd call you anything you'd like, as long as it was not disturbing to the rest of the class.
However asking/demanding to reintroduce "Mr." is just a very strange request.
By "them" I was talking about the entire institution, not just the Professors. Students are given very little respect in college when they are paying a lot of money to be there.
Respect is earned, not bought. How much money you drop on anything shouldn't have anything to do with what respect you are shown. Respect has to do with character, not finances.
Again, I'm not talking about respect for my academic achievement, I'm talking about respect for me as a consumer of their product.
Everything at my university is on their schedule for their convenience and very little thought is given to what I want or what my schedule is. I'm told how I can pay for my tuition (no credit cards), when/where I have to be to register for classes, what times I have to meet outside of class for group work, what classes I can and can't take (have to take some BS elective instead of an elective that will actually do me some good), a change in class start times for the benefit of the Professors and no students wanted it, etc.
I always feel like I'm bothering someone when I need to use the advising office, registrars office, admin services, etc.
The reason why you can get access to these people who are at the top of their field for so cheap is because of the nature in which colleges are organized. If professors had to pass on knowledge at the convenience of each individual student, it would cost more, and be highly inefficient.
At my university, the few students who have to pay tuition (usually the extremely wealthy people), have the option to pay via credit card. It is actually the closest thing to a loan that the school accepts (it does not accept student loans). You can register from anywhere you want during the registration period (registration is done online). You can meet outside of class for group work at any mutually agreed time by the group. You can take any classes in which you meet the prerequirements for (including any electives you wish). Professors do not have the ability to move class schedules around. Most of these are true across many of the good college options.
A business has to churn a profit. The OP's school, Columbia University, and my university, both spend more than they take in from tuition and public aid. This is true of most good schools.
You certainly can give it a go to ask your professors to address you as mister but most of them probably will not honor your request. In the United States many professors allow their students to address them by their first names (myself included) and they keep that aspect of the class informal. It's an American cultural thing that typically doesn't happen elsewhere. I had a British professor that addressed all of us Mr. or Mrs. or Miss but that was his personal choice no one asked him to do it.
did you read the post or are you just spouting nonsense?
My professors and TAs have all honored my request.
First names connote familiarity, which is preferred in most of our society after and when we are in familiar settings.
If you wish to be called by something else (if I were the professor) I'd call you anything you'd like, as long as it was not disturbing to the rest of the class.
However asking/demanding to reintroduce "Mr." is just a very strange request.
Hence, why this thread is 10 pages long.
I agree, I should have made this request known and the beginning of the semester. I made a mistake but now I have rectified it.
So, what if the OP preferred to be addressed by Dr. or Professor instead of Mr.?
All three are academic titles they have not earned. Should the professor or instructor follow those requests as well?
you miss the point. why no take your argument a step forward and put Big Bird in front of my last name?
Dr. denotes a PHD or MD. Professor denotes some sort of instructor at an institute of higher learning...I am neither...what does Mr. Denote? ahhha...you have your answer, sweetie...
you miss the point. why no take your argument a step forward and put Big Bird in front of my last name?
Dr. denotes a PHD or MD. Professor denotes some sort of instructor at an institute of higher learning...I am neither...what does Mr. Denote? ahhha...you have your answer, sweetie...
Mr. denotes that an individual is a guy. So does Jonathan, Michael, Christopher, etc. in typical context.
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