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Originally Posted by John F
I thought that teachers used "class" when addressing students
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In my experience, using "class" was the friendly way to address students. Using "people" was the scolding and controlling way. Which is probably why I am not terribly receptive to issybird's suggestion to use that word. We all have different life experiences that determine our interpretation of things. Which just reinforces my point about "majority rule". If I find myself in a locale where it is common to address a group as "People", I will start doing that. Because then it would be considered the common, normal and accepted term. I
could point out to others that I find that word offensive with connotations of scolding, but what's the point? Nobody would understand, or care. So I shouldn't take offense at it. I should just adopt this common term (for the locale) myself and be done with it.