Jun 18 2012: In my opinion it affects the environment a lot. If students are being called: “kids” they might have notion that the professor doesn’t treat them seriously. It is interesting that even students sometimes refer to themselves as “kids”. Probably it happens because they don’t feel as adults (at least in school). An easy example might be attendance. Professors check the attendance with great scrutiny (at least in public colleges) which indicates lack of trust. Since college is for adults the perception should be that “I don’t have to take attendance because they are all responsible and they go to college to expend their knowledge.”
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