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I'd love to call you Doctor, roachboy. It's one of my favorite titles.
I have a high regard for academics, mostly because many of those I've known have put in years of hard work to earn their education/Ph.Ds, and have done a good job of encouraging my own academic development. I like to explain to some of the kiddos I work with that yeah, their parents are doctors, but not the kind of doctor you see at the doctor's office. They think that's funny.
I have always had a hard time growing up with calling my teachers something other than Mr., Mrs., or Ms. So-and-So, and I saw them outside of school in social situations frequently. My sixth-grade teacher played soccer with my mother recreationally, and at my mother's going-away party, Mrs. K. told me I could call her by her first name. I apologized and said I was sorry, but I didn't think I could call her by her first name. I think even now I would struggle with that.
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If I am not better, at least I am different. --Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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