(21 Dec 2015, 7:59 pm)Adrian wrote I agree. I think I've put my view on this one forward before.
People are given names for a reason, and we shouldn't be afraid to call someone by their name. It might have been a sign of authority back then, but I really don't think it makes any odds these days. Not to mention that I agree that 'miss' is sexist, and I'd personally refuse to use it. I refused to use both when I was at school.
Completely agree. Unfortunately for me, it's just become common practice to address an authority figure by ''Miss'' or ''Sir'' as it's been drilled into me by the education system. I can vividly remember on our last day in Year 6, our teacher told us to never address him as ''Sir'' if we ever came back to visit him, as he would rather be addressed by his first name rather than that.
I have some strong beliefs about our education system, this being one of them. While some schools do things differently; I don't think Religious Education is a necessity, and should in fact by replaced with Politics. I think gaining an education about something that everybody should have an understanding of, given that it is so important in everyday life, is far more important than learning about a bunch of fictional books that have nowhere near as much impact on people nowadays. It's ridiculous.