Perhaps it is no longer timely to insist on doctrinaire respect for teachers. As teacher-student relations move in the direction of equality, many professors look forward to replacing the old dogma with "the mutual respect that should exist between all individuals."
時至今日，要求道德式的尊師教條或許已經不合時宜，師生關係走向平權之後，許多教師認為，取而代之的應是「人與人之間的相互尊重」。