Although I agree that 'insisting' is lame, i'm sure if you'd spent however much time and money doing your PhD you wouldn't want to be called Mister or Miss either...You know your lecturer's a bit of a tool when she insists you address her as "Doctor".
Yeah, I'm all for recognising someone's achievement, but using your title in a patronising way doesn't really help build rapport with the class, or for that matter, some form of mutual respect.Although I agree that 'insisting' is lame, i'm sure if you'd spent however much time and money doing your PhD you wouldn't want to be called Mister or Miss either...
you broke it *before* you rode it? that takes talent....Building up new frame (hellooooooooooo united voyager, finally broke that colony i grew to despise), and BAMN! Crack next to weld on right dropout..................
You know your lecturer's a bit of a tool when she insists you address her as "Doctor".
so....you're taking that class with it's associated costs, monetary, time management and personal, so you can continue to be addressed as "Mr" ?Yeah, I'm all for recognising someone's achievement, but using your title in a patronising way doesn't really help build rapport with the class, or for that matter, some form of mutual respect.
so....you're taking that class with it's associated costs, monetary, time management and personal, so you can continue to be addressed as "Mr" ?
I thought the thing with surgeons had something to do with them wanting to differentiate themselves from 'normal' doctors, so they dropped the title?The Orthopedic Surgeon who I had to get a referral from my "Doctor" before I could get an appointment with was a "Mister", and my "Doctor" referred to him as "Mister" as though he (the Ortho) out ranked him, or whatever they call it under the hippocratic oath.
I call my doctor "Richard" or "mate" but never "Doctor" (which he is according to the bit of paper on the wall, but then again, so was the ortho) so I'm confused.
You're a Mister with no qualifications, then you go to med school to become a doctor so you can be adressed as "Doctor", and then you go to school again to get some more letters after your name (MD, FRACS) and you become a Mister again?
What happens next, do you get an extra letter in front of the rest Fred Smith. Y MD FRACS, to be adressed formally as "Smithy" without the "Doctor" or "Mister"?
Titles are irrelevant to me and, more importantly, irrelevant to the majority of the rest of the world.so....you're taking that class with it's associated costs, monetary, time management and personal, so you can continue to be addressed as "Mr" ?
I believe the title actually lies in history, in that surgeons from the middle ages (even up to the 1700-1800's?) did not go to university, but instead learnt as an apprentice for a period of time under a 'qualified' surgeon. These days, the option of the title 'Mr' is voluntary, and only applies to some countries.I thought the thing with surgeons had something to do with them wanting to differentiate themselves from 'normal' doctors, so they dropped the title?
Meh, depends how much of history/tradition you want to ignore. Not implying you're ignorant, merely trying to comment on the relevance of historical practice.Regardless, MDs aren't necessarily real doctors anyway /canofworms.
We had a lecturer like that once at uni. He started the first lecture by introducing himself with "I am Dr blah blah, also known as The Asshole". When someone called him Mr he corrected them.You know your lecturer's a bit of a tool when she insists you address her as "Doctor".
The use of the Dr title isn't really regulated in Aust. A MBBS is two bachelors, not a doctorate in the strict scheme of things, but tradition dictates that the Dr title be used. A specialist I once saw also had Mr on his cards and it got me wondering too.The Orthopedic Surgeon who I had to get a referral from my "Doctor" before I could get an appointment with was a "Mister", and my "Doctor" referred to him as "Mister" as though he (the Ortho) out ranked him, or whatever they call it under the hippocratic oath.
I call my doctor "Richard" or "mate" but never "Doctor" (which he is according to the bit of paper on the wall, but then again, so was the ortho) so I'm confused.
You're a Mister with no qualifications, then you go to med school to become a doctor so you can be adressed as "Doctor", and then you go to school again to get some more letters after your name (MD, FRACS) and you become a Mister again?
What happens next, do you get an extra letter in front of the rest Fred Smith. Y MD FRACS, to be adressed formally as "Smithy" without the "Doctor" or "Mister"?
It's long-standing medical tradition in the UK to use Mr. for surgeons.The use of the Dr title isn't really regulated in Aust. A MBBS is two bachelors, not a doctorate in the strict scheme of things, but tradition dictates that the Dr title be used. A specialist I once saw also had Mr on his cards and it got me wondering too.
Iv been runningg the forks for two years. The part that hurt the most though was me defending my forks (colony = uncoolio dudes), sayin they've lasted 2 years, five minutes later and BAM!you broke it *before* you rode it? that takes talent....
^ this (and what a few other people said).It's long-standing medical tradition in the UK to use Mr. for surgeons.
Guy collapses holding chest...Meh, depends how much of history/tradition you want to ignore. Not implying you're ignorant, merely trying to comment on the relevance of historical practice.
"That's Doctor Arsehole to you!"We had a lecturer like that once at uni. He started the first lecture by introducing himself with "I am Dr blah blah, also known as The Asshole". When someone called him Mr he corrected them.
Nokia pulled this same crap with me with a phone that had been in my pocket for 1 week. fkn annoyingthe service centre claim it's water-damaged despite it never having been immersed in water at all. They claim that it can be caused by humidity but I'm refusing to stand for that as humidity or sweat should be accepted as part of it's natural operating environment and as such it should be designed to be a lot more water resistant.