The virtual school says its hands are tied due to Florida’s “don’t say gay” law. However, the teacher has lodged a complaint against it.
Or get rid of these titles altogether, they don’t serve much of a purpose and I stopped using them a long time ago.
No why would we force or encourage other people to NOT use their preferred titles. If there are no practical downsides, just let people do what they want.
I’ve skimmed the thread and I don’t see any compelling reasons. Could you cite some?
I am 100% supportive of trans rights, but using precious political will, energy and attention to pressure non trans people to stop using gendered titles is a hugely divisive distraction.
I don’t know, feels kinda weird if my kids were calling their teacher by their first name. I don’t have a powerful argument to back this up I admit. Guess it really doesn’t matter so it is just a preference on my part.
The idea to me is to show humility and respect to someone wiser than yourself. However, I think the ultimate show of respect would be to simply listen and to iterate that you have listened rather than giving someone a potential ego trip.
There’s also something to be said about knowing their name. In grade school I knew my teachers last names at least because I called them Mr/Ms whatever. In university they were just “Professor” and I forgot most of their names.
