Not all ‘hot takes’ on the Internet require your opinion
To each their own.
If you don’t agree or think someone’s post is cringe, maybe you can just scroll down, you don’t need to be demeaning.
A few days ago, a professor tweeted her sentiments on being addressed as “miss” by her students at a university. In her tweet, she mentions that it was weird since indicated in her email signature were Ph.D. and professor.
However, she also followed it up by saying she doesn’t want to be the person that would insist on being called “Dr.” as she got her Ph.D.
Despite that, the tweet still received quite a backlash as the tweet unconsciously got blown out of proportion.
It’s so weird talking to students from La Salle. They call me “Miss” even though my email signature says PhD and Professor.
But then I promised myself I would NEVER be that person who insists on being called “Dr.” when I got my PhD.
So I don’t say anything…
— Prof. Jhoanna Lynn Cruz, PhD (@JhoannaLynnCruz) February 18, 2023
Although there were some that agreed with the professor saying she deserved to be called “Dr” as she worked hard for the Ph.D., and there were others that explained that addressing female professors as “miss” was just the university’s culture, many proceeded to share their opposing takes.
Many were noting the elitist undertone of using honorifics, while others simply shared their own experiences with former professors, bosses, or themselves even- who do not prefer to be addressed as “Dr.” as it is apparently “cringe” or a form of being so insecure that her worth only relied on her academic accomplishments.
There were also some that noted this only happens in the Philippines where people are obsessed with titles. A very important point brought up with this is how many fields here in the Philippines are underpaid that professionals cling to titles.
Let people enjoy things.
But the thing is, everyone is entitled to their own preference on how they want to be called. Whether she wanted to be called “Dr”, “Professor”, or “goddess”, it was her preference and it should be respected. If you don’t agree and prefer not to be addressed that way, then that is also alright.
The heated discussion and more importantly the comments that demeaned her were misplaced. Labeling her immediately as egotistical, label-obsessed, thirsty for validation, and having a superiority complex, was also unnecessary. Some comments lowkey seem like humble-bragging. There was no need to invalidate how she felt either.
A thing that could have been done better by OP was to address the situation by going to the people whom she was directly bothered by, which were her students. If she wanted to be called a certain way, she could have told her students her preference and they would have most likely followed through, respecting it.
Not every “hot take” on the Internet needs attention. In fact, the OP had probably not even expected her tweet to take off that way. If anything, things like this taking off unexpectedly only show how many still struggle with reading comprehension.
If everybody were bothered with everybody else’s business, then there wouldn’t be any moment of peace and silence. Sometimes, agreeing to disagreement is good enough.
the number of quote rts D:
this is a gentle reminder to be kind! not all "controversial" takes are worth scrutinizing the person over. this honestly sounds like personal venting to me (with obv self-awareness as per the last line of the tweet) https://t.co/dn3EZDgkev
— aly! ଘ(*. .)੭ (@theblessedbhie) February 21, 2023
banner by: @justdrawrin
The post <b> Not all ‘hot takes’ on the Internet require your opinion </b> appeared first on WE THE PVBLIC.
Source: we the pvblic
No comments