How did you address your teacher in school?
By rajeshfgh
@rajeshfgh (1629)
India
August 1, 2008 1:39pm CST
I guess, people use different phrases to address teachers. Some use teacher, ma'am, miss, madam, etc. We used to call our teachers miss and greet them in a nice singing tone, "Good morninggggg, miss"
. Male teachers, though, didn't have the variety and were called sir. How did you address your teachers?
. Male teachers, though, didn't have the variety and were called sir. How did you address your teachers?2 people like this
5 responses
@itachi568 (56)
• United States
1 Aug 08
for me really the past year i didnt have a male teacher all i had was female teachers but for me i would say Hey Mr.(insert person's name here)or whats up MR.(incert persons name here )i would do the same with a female teacher hey mrs./miss (persons name here) i hate calling female teachers just miss/mrs its degrading and you look better when you call the teacher by their name
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@rajeshfgh (1629)
• India
2 Aug 08
I agree with you, but some people don't like their names being called all the time, especially by pupils. I guess that's why a common word is used to address them.
@choudhary03 (943)
• Hyderabad, India
1 Aug 08
Back in India i studied in a christian school but the lecturers were real good. I always used to address them in a traditional manner such as Namaste guruji.
We used this for all our teachers.
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@rajeshfgh (1629)
• India
2 Aug 08
Hey, that's great. Greeting in a traditional way in a Catholic School! 
@shintongs23 (537)
• Philippines
1 Aug 08
I used to have male professors since in our school we have the right to choose our own schedule and our own professors. I prefer male because I grow up with mostly females around me - my grandmother, my sisters, my aunts, and even my friends are usually girls. I like male professors because they are more friendly with their students and some of them don't require us to call him "sir".
Most of them want to be called in their nicknames or names. Well, it is different in college than in high school. During my high school days, a formality is required where we have to address our teachers with "sir" or by calling their surnames like "Mr. Santos". The female teachers always needs a formality and I agree with it because it is a sign of respect. But I prefer to call them "Ma'am" or "Madam" than "Miss". 
Most of them want to be called in their nicknames or names. Well, it is different in college than in high school. During my high school days, a formality is required where we have to address our teachers with "sir" or by calling their surnames like "Mr. Santos". The female teachers always needs a formality and I agree with it because it is a sign of respect. But I prefer to call them "Ma'am" or "Madam" than "Miss". 
@rajeshfgh (1629)
• India
2 Aug 08
I think it is easy to address male teachers as you can call them sir, but when it comes to female teachers there are so many variants that you can adopt.
@suzu12345 (470)
• India
1 Aug 08
hey same here,,wen we were kids ,,we use to wish our teaher...like this...goooooooooddd morrrrrnnnniiiinnnnng mmaaaaaaammmmmmmmmm,,till the teacher herself use to say us stop howling,,,taht was really fun ..no sa we are grown up and are proffessionals ,so we cant opt to wish her or him like this ,we will loose our own respest,,so now it just is like this gud mrnng mam ,,,,,but the earlier one was real fun....
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@rajeshfgh (1629)
• India
2 Aug 08
I bet, it was real fun. We had a particular teacher for which the greeting was sooo long that everytime the teacher used to get upset with us. But, I think, we all trouble the teacher the most who is our favourite one.
@suzu12345 (470)
• India
2 Aug 08
hahahaha yes brother ,,the same was here..we also use to do like this in our school life,,but that wass nt just for a single teachers but for all teachers that use to enter in our class,,yeah u betted rite ,,it was reall fun,,
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@rajeshfgh (1629)
• India
2 Aug 08
Yeah, it is really a catch-22 situation if you were not sure if the teacher is married or not!
So I think calling them ma'am was the safest thing.
So I think calling them ma'am was the safest thing.




