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Old Wed Feb 24, 2016, 04:41pm
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They would never call their teachers or coaches by first name, so why us?
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Yes, they do.
Many (not all) coaches at the high school that my kids attended, and participated in several sports, had their players address them by, "Coach Firstname", i.e., "Coach Bob". It was never just, "Firstname", it was always preceded by, "Coach". No way it would be like that when I went to high school back the mid twentieth century.
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