As you probably know, I am an A-level student, and when I got into college for the first time, I made a decision: I would call all my teachers by their first names! I got the idea from my law teacher and tutor Stephen (who I commended in my very first post, because he's a legend) who walked into class on my first day and said, 'My name is Stephen.' It got me thinking that by the time you get to sixth form college, you are really on more equal terms with your teachers. I have talked to Stephen about this since then, and he completely agrees with me about being equals. However, I was a bit unprepared by the amount of shock that came from people at the college - mostly students actually. I have heard people say that if someone is teaching you, then you should show them respect. I say that the kind of respect that comes from a title is actually only a false perception of respect, as opposed to real respect, which is what I show people who I really admire. Maybe it's because until I was eight I was at a school that actually encouraged its students to call teachers by their first names, so maybe I have been brought up with different values, but the way I see it, it's much better to respect and admire someone enough to commend them on your blog than to only respect someone enough to call them by a title - which is what you're being told to do anyway, so that's not even respect.
So anyway, I thought I would write a blog about this to see what people thought. Please feel free to leave a comment or something to see what you think about my views.
Again, I'm not mentioning any people I love and admire this week, simply because I don't feel like it. I will do it sometime soon, I have a few people in mind. Ciao!
