Where have the days gone?

8.5 more days of teaching...it's crazy it has gone by so fast. I respond to a variety of names at NCA. In Latin American culture, students call teachers "profe," senior, or seniora, or maestro, but they don't add thier last name. So I respond to most students calling me "miss," which can get confusing if I am sitting around 3 other teachers. Some other high school students decided to call me "Susan;" they tell me, "it's for your own safety miss. " If you say Miss. Matherly really fast, it becomes Smatherly, and some students get a kick out of calling me that. My elementary students call me mainly 2 different names, but they are not trying to misprounce my name, they just forget how to pronounce it. I've stopped correcting them because I think it's cute. The pre-K and kindergarden students call me Miss. Beberly. Last night, I had dinner with a pre-k student and her family, and the parents called me Sarah, but thier daughter kept correcting them, "It's Miss. Beberly!" The 5th grade students call me Miss. Matherlyn. And once in a while, I get called my actual name Miss. Matherly. I'm still trying to get used to being called by my last name; it makes me feel so old.

posted by Sarah @ 7:01 AM