Originally posted by Petrushka
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Maestros all?
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Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View PostBut I have/had no problem referring to my ... err ... students as "students": far preferable (puns aside) than the horrible word "pupil"....
Reminds me of the horror I noted at a Teacher Training College when an American library assistant would refer to the teaching staff as teachers. They weren't! They were lecturers!
All kinds of status-marking can be indicated by an initially arbitrary choice of term..
(What exactly is a chorister?)
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Originally posted by Petrushka View PostI was under the impression it was just a title rather than an indication of their ability.
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Originally posted by jean View PostI can't understand the objection to the term student being extended to those of school age.
Reminds me of the horror I noted at a Teacher Training College when an American library assistant would refer to the teaching staff as teachers. They weren't! They were lecturers!
All kinds of status-marking can be indicated by an initially arbitrary choice of term..
(What exactly is a chorister?)
Far too many just think that giving a lecture counts as teaching: not in my book it doesn't!
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I am all for showing respect to the person on the podium as long as he/she shows similar respect to the audience by being suitably attired. Given that, I am all for 'maestro'.
However if 'actress' and 'heroine' are now deemed to be 'sexist' surely there can be no place for 'maestra'?
We really must be logical and consistent, lady gentlemen and gentleman gentlemen ...
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