What do you call your teachers by? (1 Viewer)

[hipsta_jess]

yeah, ours are mr/mrs/miss/ms XYZ... or miss/sir...some of the boys call their pe teacher by his first name..it would be way to weird for words to call them by their first names..i dont think i could handle it! i reckon in 10 yrs time if i see them down the street i will still address them with mr/mrs/miss/ms XYZ

 

[Agnes2810]

either miss or sir if we dont know them too well

and nicknames for my rteachers
Mrs hooper - hooper (how original lol)
Mr northam - northie
Mr vartanian - mr V
Mrs dixon - dixie

and the vice principal mr macdougall - noodle (of course not to his face hes a n asshole)!!

 

[Lazarus]

Originally posted by Leanne
i usually couldnt be bothered actually saying their surname.....miss or sir are fine by me!!! but then i heard that if u say miss or sir to a uni lecturer they'll ignore u....u actually have to remember their names!!!! first names!!

I don't think they intentionally ignore you - but they do encourage calling them by their first names, yes.

 

[[WILL_wang]]

mr.choy = choy boy

 

[boredofschool]

Originally posted by Lazarus
I don't think they intentionally ignore you - but they do encourage calling them by their first names, yes.

really!!! I thought you called lecturers at uni professor so and so...
might take some getting use to!

 

[redslert]

miss or sir

i went through an entire term not knowing my english teacher's name.....the only way i found out was when we had a room change and on the notice board there was her name....i was like who is that.....looked at the class.....oh that's my teacher

 

[Jeo]

oh yeah, I remember our club cricket coach, was a teacher at our school, and we kept calling him sir, and he turned out around and goes.. MY NAME IS KEN DAMNIT!

haha... we instantly dropped, and started laughing our guts out.. It was so sooooooooo sooooo weird. WEIRD i tell ya.

 

[LadyMoon]

Originally posted by sepul
plus no detention, and it's an "adult learning environment" ie they treat you like equals, it's great

when you say that, im instantly reminded of TAFE? do you go to TAFE? because they kept telling us that (when i did a partime TAFE course for a while)

but anywayz:
I cant see my option in the poll.
I call them, Sir, or Miss...
i dont include their last name after that ie. i dont call them Mr. Thread, i just call him Sir, same for every teacher!

Yeah im weird i know. (is there anyone else?)

 

[babyslug]

Yeah, i call them by 'sir' or 'miss' also, never really by their full name unless i need to go toilet or anything. If it's a senior teacher it'd be 'ma'am'

 

[SoCal]

Originally posted by babyslug
Yeah, i call them by 'sir' or 'miss' also, never really by their full name unless i need to go toilet or anything. If it's a senior teacher it'd be 'ma'am'

By senior teacher do you mean older teacher?

 

[hipsta_jess]

i would so never call a teacher ma'am...it has too many connotations attached to its longer version (madam)

 

[Lexicographer]

"Madam" is just a bastardisation of "madamme", which is a respectful term. What connotations are there?