[Vocabulary] Addressing teachers

[Walt Whitman]

English teacher

Hi.

I’d like to know how students usually address their teachers (from elementary/primary schools to high schools) in the UK and US. Is it still common to use Mr / Mrs / Miss + surname or sir / madam?
Do they ever say, for example, “Teacher, may I go out?”
Thank you very much.
WW

 

[Rover_KE]

Walt, if you put your excellent thread title into the Search box at the top of the page, you'll find links to many previous discussions of this topic.

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Rover

 

[tdschool]

In US it's Mr./Mrs. + last name.

 

[Walt Whitman]

Hi, Rover.
It's nice to see (?) / find (?) you on this forum too.
Thanks a lot.
WW

 

[konungursvia]

In US it's Mr./Mrs. + last name.

I've worked with may US teachers abroad, and they have all allowed their pupils to call them by their first names (Rachel, Sarah, etc.). As a European-educated person, I've always found that a little too intimate.

 

[SoothingDave]

In US it's Mr./Mrs. + last name.

Some women prefer "Ms."

I don't think it's common for a teacher in a K-12 school to be called by his first name by his students.