re: Pretenious responses after getting doctorate?

I was looking for the "Please stop calling me Mr. Doback." / "OK, Mom, Doback?" reference and found this gem.



/derail

People call me Mr. Lordguill or Dr. Lordguill. I don't care either way.

I feel like it is only going to get worse with the increase in doctoral offerings. For instance, one can receive a "doctorate" from the University of Phoenix and I believe nurses and physical therapists can earn doctorates...

I was at an education seminar a few years back (because I was your typical I love research and hate teaching professor ) and I started talking to another attendee. Having spent an extensive amount of time in academia, you rarely refer to your colleagues as "Dr." In turn, I called this woman by her first name... This woman quickly corrected me and reminded me she had an E.d. and should be referred to as Dr. Well, being an academic snob and/or douchebag who received their doctorate from a prestigious university; I asked her where she got her degree from. Turns out it was from the University of Phoenix. I promptly laughed in her face and asked if she was was joking. She was not.

Nonetheless, as a PhD, you should only refer to yourself as doctor if 1) you're an MD or 2) you're at the bar trying to get laid, as stated above.

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Unless it is a medical doctor, but even then, it's still pretty douchey.

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From everything I have heard and read the honorific of doctor went with a PhD long before it was applied to an MD. Remember that in the old days a barber was the one doing surgery on the populace.

Doctor, as a title, originates from the Latin word of the same spelling and meaning.[1] The word is originally an agentive noun of the Latin verb docere [d?'ke?r?] 'to teach'. It has been used as an honored academic title for over a millennium in Europe, where it dates back to the rise of the first universities. This use spread to the Americas, former European colonies, and is now prevalent in most of the world. Contracted "Dr" or "Dr.", it is used as a designation for a person who has obtained a doctorate-level degree. Doctorates may be research doctorates or professional doctorates.

I don't disagree. However, referring to oneself as Dr._______ rarely has purpose. When I was in academia, I'd only address myself as Dr. during syllabus week to demonstrate that I had, at the very least, a decent understanding of the material I would be teaching. That was it. For the remainder of the quarter I'd have the students call me by my first name. Similarly, MDs should refer to themselves as Dr. when addressing themselves to patients so that the patients know that the person taking care of them is qualified.

Other than that you can always refer to yourself as a Dr. but it is generally useless and typically frowned upon socially.

Can we all just agree that if you even THINK the word esquire in reference to yourself you are an a-hole?

I've never introduced myself as doctor in a social situation. Only in the office/hospital, especially when I was fresh out of school. Wife is a doctor of pharmacy and has not one time referred to herself as Dr. unless being a bitch to other Dr's snobby arse wives.

I always called my dad's good friend (who was also my doctor) by his first name growing up. He didn't like being called doctor when out of the office.

It kind of felt weird but i just went with it.

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"Doctor" doesn't mean "person that can treat diseases." They earned the degree, so if they want to refer to themselves as doctor, then it's their choice.

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That's what I say. If they decided to spend even more time and money on school than I did, they deserve the title.