TeacherOPTION A: Addressing Teachers. OPTION B: How do you address your teachers?

COMMENT: The original is too vague. I recommend a more precise title.

How do you address your teachers?

LOGIC: Most people have *more than one* teacher, so the plural is better.

I noticed that in many American TV shows, students call their teachers by name with their surnames , adding "Mr." or "Mrs." Is that generic applyally so in most Western cultures?

ANSWERS: Perhaps it depends on the power gaps. In university, many students address their teachers by their given names. In elementary school, often it is more common surnames , adding "Mr." or "Ms." NOTE: Since we often do not know whether a female teacher is single, married, or divorced female teachers are called "Ms."

Is there a difference between high school and university?Do high school and university students address their teachers differently.

ANSWER: As I mentioned, think of POWER GAPS. The greater the gap between students and teachers, the more formal language becomes. I addressed most of my high teachers as "Ms. Schmidt" or "Mr. Smith." In university, I often called then "Kathleen" or "Sam."

In Taiwan, we simply call our teachers "Teacher" in schoollǎoshī" (老師) at all school levels.

Even in university, we usually call them "Teacher" in conversation, not "Professor"this way, not using the term "jiàoshòu" (教授).

If you are very close with theyour teacher, you might use a nickname or their first name, but only when speaking casual conversationly or joking.

We also use honorifics in formal situations like emails or messages to teachers, using the respectful form of "you (您)" instead of the casual "you (你)" to show respect.

SALSO POSSIBLE: I know some professors I know complain that the younger generation isfolks are impolite to them, especially when writing emails; they treat it like a casual online chat.

I don't know ifwhether that's true, but standards of politeness can be tricky because there are no written rules.

Since teachers will only get older and students' values will only get younger, this value gap can cause conflictconflicts can arise.

I noticed that in American TV shows, students call their teachers by name with Mr. or Mrs. Is that generic apply in most Western cultures?

By last name actually! And yeah, definitely in North America

Is there a difference between high school and university?

In university, most teachers are professors so they're called Professor (prof. for short) + last name. If the student is close with the prof, then a lot of the times the student just calls them by their first name.

In Taiwan, we simply call our teachers "Teacher" in school.

Oh! I thought you used last name + teacher, like 王老师，李老师，etc.

If you are very close with the teacher, you might use a nickname or their first name, but only in casual conversation or when joking.

I noticed that in American TV shows, students call their teachers by name with Mr. or Mrs. Is that generic apply in most Western cultures?

In Taiwan, we simply call our teachers "Teacher" in high school.

If you are very close with the teacher, you might use a nickname or their first name, but only in casual conversation or jokingly.

I noticed that in American TV shows, students call their teachers by name with Mr. or Mrs. IDoes that generically apply in most Western cultures?

You could also say "Is that true in most..."

If you are very close with the teacher, you might use a nickname or their first name, but only in casual conversation or jokingif you're joking around.

Honestly just using "joking" here would be fine 99% of the time. I doubt anyone would question you. In my opinion though, it sounds slightly more natural to say "if you're joking around" because just saying "only in joking" on its own would be a bit awkward.

I don't know if that's true, but politeness can be tricky because there are no written rules. -

If this were spoken it would be fine, but the next sentence is very short, so I would recommend attaching it to this sentence with a dash or something similar

Since teachers will only get older and students' values will only get younger, this value gap canwill continue to cause conflict.

"will continue to" agrees more with the certainty you express earlier in your post. Using "can" here sounds a little awkward because so far you haven't been using hypothetical language.