tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post4040406513396040540..comments2023-10-08T05:00:23.559-04:00Comments on Clarissa's Blog: How to Talk to Students Without Getting in Trouble, Part IClarissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11027134365260069910noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-9294262282325902002011-04-22T22:11:03.376-04:002011-04-22T22:11:03.376-04:00Interesting, in New Zealand it's pretty custom...Interesting, in New Zealand it's pretty customary to call lecturer's by their first name. Most international students I've spoken with though think that it's odd.Ananoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-40644657029543046192011-04-22T14:58:50.625-04:002011-04-22T14:58:50.625-04:00I wish all students were like you. I ask them to u...I wish all students were like you. I ask them to use my first name because my last name gets mangled even by my fellow Russian-speakers. But I feel like you would be very comfortable with my teaching style. :-)Clarissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027134365260069910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-65446268740817990482011-04-22T14:56:19.680-04:002011-04-22T14:56:19.680-04:00Truth be told, as a student myself, I prefer to us...Truth be told, as a student myself, I prefer to use professor or his/her last name and frequently use more polite formulations when adressing one of them.<br /><br />Using a first name implies a certain closeness that should not be there. As close as a class can grow together in a semester it is still a professional setting.I am there to learn and prove myself and that is what I want to be judged and graded by. <br /><br />I don't want to think that I got or did not get a certain grade or project or something because I am on friend terms with the professor (or not).Timnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-30676967235865206212011-04-22T14:47:53.105-04:002011-04-22T14:47:53.105-04:00I keep asking them to use the first name but they ...I keep asking them to use the first name but they refuse. It's always "Professor." I guess they feel the distance.Clarissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027134365260069910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-34990627988627558122011-04-22T14:45:55.829-04:002011-04-22T14:45:55.829-04:00So, I take it, that you don't let your student...So, I take it, that you don't let your students use your first name to address you ?Timnoreply@blogger.com