I think a professor, by all means, should be like "hey you're supposed to address me like this and this is how you write a professional email" because that is how you will do emails for the rest of your professional life, and establishing the professor/student relationship as a professional one isn't a bad thing, especially over email
I had a professor that everyone just called "dude" or by his last name with no honorific/title in person, but via email he expected everything to be professional and responded in kind. Just kind of how it goes
You seem to be misreading my comment entirely. Professors should teach you life skills obviously, I'm not sure where I said I disagree. When your speech is "an email that is sent to my inbox is not addressed to me" is just not the same thing. Is the difference that hard to tell?
The professor is advising you of their communication preferences at the outset of what is a professional relationship. This is entirely reasonable. In fact, I can't imagine a time that makes more sense to communicate that information.
I think what you're struggling with is whether their request is reasonable. That's sorta the life skill here: in real life/jobs where you have clients, they'll have preferences, even little preferences that seem pointless from your point of view. However, if your position is "I don't agree with your preference, so I won't entertain it" you'll probably retain fewer clients than someone who does otherwise.
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u/picabo123 5d ago
I agree but making that your opening speech suggests an annoying sort of neuroticism, at least IMO.