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When I was in high school, I had this one class where all I did was work on homework and sit with my teachers in this one room if I needed help. It was kinda like a homework enforcement class.
Usually I would sit and do homework while they would grade their papers.
One of the teachers got onto the topic of students not writing out their full names and instead of what they go by.
Like Chrissy Smith instead of Christina Smith
Or Matt Smith instead of Matthew Smith.
She said she MADE her daughter who was about 9-10 years old write out her full name on all her school papers. I don't remember what her daughters name was but it was a long name something like Alexandra or Catherine but it was a quite lengthy name and she went by a shorter version of her name verbally and her mom said that her daughter wanted to write it shorter on her school papers, like homework etc and her mom was telling her co-workers how she wasn't going to let her daughter do so.
Would you ever make your kids do something like that?
Can you say overbearing and controlling?
it probably isnt a sting at you or you child in particular. the teacher probably has trouble remembering nicknames for certain children. there may be other children who prefer to be called a name that isnt exactly their birth name. teachers get on a first name basis only with children once theyve been in the class a while. just let it go and dont think too much into it. remember that teachers have to treat everyone equally-singling out a certain child to write his or her full name would be discrimination so instead, the teacher must have everyone do the same.
And had I been the teacher to the one that would not answer to their full name, they would have been marked as absent.
Seriously, that's extremely disrespectful of the student. If the parents called him that name from the day he was born, they should have given him that name.
My name is Kimberly. I used to go by Kim, but some teachers would call me Kimberly. Now, most would ask what I go by, but I wouldn't be so rude and disrespectful to not answer to Kimberly. Now I have the opposite problem. Since becoming an adult I go by Kimberly. I introduce myself as such, yet most people still call me Kim. These are not people who knew me when I went by Kim. Should I not answer my boss at work when she calls me Kim?
it probably isnt a sting at you or you child in particular. the teacher probably has trouble remembering nicknames for certain children. there may be other children who prefer to be called a name that isnt exactly their birth name. teachers get on a first name basis only with children once theyve been in the class a while. just let it go and dont think too much into it. remember that teachers have to treat everyone equally-singling out a certain child to write his or her full name would be discrimination so instead, the teacher must have everyone do the same.
It's the parent's responsibility to make sure the child's right name is used in school. My son goes by his middle name & it is increbily easy to make sure this happens. As for the parents telling their children to do something such as ignoring the teacher, well, that is just poor manners. All the parents have to do is make a phone call. Teacher doesn't want to cooperate? Talk to the principal. But to promote retaliation is just as bad manners as what the teacher does...thus, no one is showing anything to the child.
And it takes about 2 weeks to get names down. It's not rocket science
As for the point of this thread...don't get it...so some parents want their children to spell out & know their complete name. Yep. I'm one of them. Again, in the school setting he has learned his complete name but is called his middle name & writes his middle name. But we do make sure he practices his full name on a regular basis. Call Oprah and sign up my son for parental abuse segment.
Definition of overbearing: making sure your child knows how to spell their complete name
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