[MockTurtle]

"...Then, in the email that Ms. Ginty sent complaining about my language, she referred to me as Ellen, not Professor Lewin, which is the correct way for a student to address a faculty member, or indeed, for anyone to refer to an adult with whom they are not acquainted..."

I wonder why she didn't just say, "Call me F#@%-ING PROFESSOR!!"

[bannie]

...the correct way for a student to address a faculty member, or indeed, for anyone to refer to an adult with whom they are not acquainted...

Ooooooh, NOW she points to protocol. snicker!