I don't mean that in the good way.

These freshmen...

How many times can I sign my emails and communications as "Dr."? And yet I get the emails addressed to "Tina", "Mrs." and even once... "Hey". That last one was a real pleasure, seeing as it was actually forwarded to my supervisor (or whatever I'm supposed to call him). He saw his email before I saw mine, and he memo'd the entire department about not accepting that kind of attitude. So I got his memo, because it showed up first in my inbox (most recent emails first). Then I got the email from the student, and realized the memo was about me and my student. That was a good night, let me tell you. So then I emailed my supervisor and said... that was mine, wasn't it? And since we were in our respective houses emailing at the same time, he promptly replied "Yup." Plus a few other choice words about the student. I apologized, diffused the issue that was the reason for the email in the first place, namely my not responding promptly enough to the students query (by prompt I mean within two hours of him sending the email), and then we both went off to enjoy a glass of wine.

However, one does not want ones supervisor thinking that ones students are walking all over one, even if they aren't (up until that minute).

So I responded to the email- the original email, not the second rude one. Next class, the student was extremely polite, and generously 'volunteered' to help with a few extra lab duties. Lucky him.

Then when I had to file early warnings, I almost selected "No Resp for Instructor", which I took to mean that the student doesn't show any respect for the instructor. Then I realized it was "No Resp From Instructor" which I thinks means that there is no response from the instructor. Which is weird that it is even a choice, because the act of choosing that is itself a response, isn't it? Anyway. They should make Lack of respect an option.