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Really, it depends on the person. Some people just want you to kiss their feet just because of how many years they spent in college. I find it ridiculous. I only want to spend 4 years in college now, but when I get older, I'll probably go for the doctorate. I still won't ask people to call me Dr. I'd prefer my name or "dude", lol.
Really, it depends on the person. Some people just want you to kiss their feet just because of how many years they spent in college. I find it ridiculous. I only want to spend 4 years in college now, but when I get older, I'll probably go for the doctorate. I still won't ask people to call me Dr. I'd prefer my name or "dude", lol.
Well, yes...but you seem like the barefoot-and-bermuda-shorts kind of PhD.
If I were a doctor, I would be more concentrated on the medical jist of it instead of wasting my valuable time correcting people who call me by my given name. That is just silly. Yes, I do understand that they worked hard to know how to do the job they do. I guess I'm under the impression that they are a doctor because that is what they wanted to be, meaning I didn't realize that they were there more for the title than to do what their passion is. I would however call them whatever they want me to just to avoid confrontations. I would like to think that just because a person calls them out of their wanted name, that a person would get as good treatment. I am not insinuating anything about any doctor, I do appreciate my docs. That is what I call all 4 of mine, is doc. THey smile when I say it like that. I would bet I could call all of mine by first, last, prefix and it wouldn't matter to them. They are concentrated on my medical problem, not what I call them. Petty Petty Petty.
No, it's not disrespectful in and of itself. I am a young(ish) psychologist, and I have to admit that it does bug me when people who are calling to make an appointment or during their first few sessions call me by my first name. I think this happens because not everyone has an understanding of the various degrees that psychotherapists can have (some are "Dr." and some are masters' level-not Dr.). But it just seems presumptuous to call someone by their first name when their voicemail, paperwork, etc... says "Dr. X." I have to wonder whether they would presume to call their internist or their dentist by their first name.
Sorry, that probably sounds defensive, but I didn't go to 7 years of EVIL graduate school, internship, and postdoctoral fellowship for nothing!! (Austin Powers reference).
Every non-medical person I've ever known with a PhD who wants to be called doctor has pretty much been a power-tripper. Possibly I think this way because my own father, a professor, would NEVER tell somebody to call him doctor.
In my opinion, the title should be reserved for those in the physical/mental health professions.
If I were a doctor, I would be more concentrated on the medical jist of it instead of wasting my valuable time correcting people who call me by my given name. That is just silly. Yes, I do understand that they worked hard to know how to do the job they do. I guess I'm under the impression that they are a doctor because that is what they wanted to be, meaning I didn't realize that they were there more for the title than to do what their passion is. I would however call them whatever they want me to just to avoid confrontations. I would like to think that just because a person calls them out of their wanted name, that a person would get as good treatment. I am not insinuating anything about any doctor, I do appreciate my docs. That is what I call all 4 of mine, is doc. THey smile when I say it like that. I would bet I could call all of mine by first, last, prefix and it wouldn't matter to them. They are concentrated on my medical problem, not what I call them. Petty Petty Petty.
Ah, UNITE, good to see you again, you have been missing.
Anywho, they are talking about PhD's here, like Professors, mental health specialists, etc. not medical doctors.
Being addressed as "Doctor" is one of the few perks a PhD in a not-in-commercial-demand field gets you. Low-paid PhDs may have a need to be reminded at times why they burned the extra years of their life and extra debt load they assumed.
Also worth pointing out that this can be a cultural difference ... in some countries the titles have a far greater importance than in others.
Every non-medical person I've ever known with a PhD who wants to be called doctor has pretty much been a power-tripper. Possibly I think this way because my own father, a professor, would NEVER tell somebody to call him doctor.
In my opinion, the title should be reserved for those in the physical/mental health professions.
I will be pursuing a PhD at some point, I am in the mental health field, and will want to be called Dr. upon completion. However, I have also not ruled out teaching at the university level to some extent and do not think that a doctoral level professor being called doctor is him or her 'power-tripping'. These people work just as hard as medical doctors and just because they aren't saving lives or writing prescriptions does not make them any less of a doctor. A person with a PhD is a doctor, period, fact.
I will be pursuing a PhD at some point, I am in the mental health field, and will want to be called Dr. upon completion. However, I have also not ruled out teaching at the university level to some extent and do not think that a doctoral level professor being called doctor is him or her 'power-tripping'. These people work just as hard as medical doctors and just because they aren't saving lives or writing prescriptions does not make them any less of a doctor. A person with a PhD is a doctor, period, fact.
I was sharing MY personal experience. I found these people to be power-trippers for other reasons. What they had in common was the title "Dr." I find it very pretentious. I've a right to my opinion as you have to yours!
Plus I said that I consider people in the mental health field to be "real" doctors anyway...
Ah, UNITE, good to see you again, you have been missing.
Anywho, they are talking about PhD's here, like Professors, mental health specialists, etc. not medical doctors.
Hey novanative, it is good to see you too. I thought you were the one missing. Did you go vacation or something?
Sorry. I thought we were talking about Dr.s in general too. I will butt out now. Talk to ya later novanative. Have a great day.
Thank you for bringing this to my attention.
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