I mean I understand that they probably liked the previous teach but my name isn’t Alec and I’m not 60 years old. They know my name so why are they calling me the wrong name? I understood at the beginning but come on I teach them 5 times a week, and for 4 months now.
I’m honestly losing faith in myself if they honestly don’t care about remembering my actual name.
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Meh. Just roll with it. Be Alec 5 days a week for an hour.
Or get mad at kids.
Up to you innit
Better than your wife
What’s their age?
You could change your name to Alec. Problem solved.
It happens all the time. In a previous job the kids kept calling me by the previous teachers names for months. Outside of School they called me by my real name. Turned out they thought the previous teachers name was some sort of title, like sensei.
Alec…. Chill.
It’ll change. Don’t see it as defeat but rather something to overcome.
Spend as much as with them outside of class as possible, and be a good person even humorous towards them. They’ll learn and remember.
Embrace the Alec.
I had a T Shirt in the 80s that said
Please don’t call me Reg. It’s not my name. People were put off by it for some reason.. they didn’t get the joke.
Maybe they are just teasing you
I get called Amanda sometimes and I’m a 35 year old man.
I had kids say “Hey Alexa” at me because they were so used to asking it questions. They just have the habit of it. They’ll stop eventually.
If it makes you feel better, I’m 33 years old and my mom **still** calls me by my brother’s name (and him by mine).
Also, consider the possibility that you actually are 60 year old Alec, but you just can’t see it. Like that ‘Shallow Hal” movie, but for age.
Try some positive reinforcement, make it a game to not fark up your name. Or…start calling them by random names (Taro and Megumi) and they’ll appreciate how odd it is.
Was like that for me for 6 months at my previous job.
I didn’t really care tbh but one day another teacher completely lost her shit at 2 of the kids that called me by the wrong name.
It is what it is. Unless they’re teenagers. Then they’re just being dicks.
Write your name on the blackboard/whiteboard in big letters before starting class. Start your class with “My name is Snowy, and I am your English teacher today.”
Shame you’re not 60. You’d know how to handle 12-year-olds better.
Start calling them by the wrong names.
Just remember you’re a product, not a person. Nobody cares what your name is, but rather how much their chip off the old block will soak up English.
Since you are a teacher, maybe you can use your teaching skills to teach them
Are you Bald-win?
Perhaps that’s it…
If it makes you feel any better the next guy will be SnowyMuscles for a year.
Eh, it happens. I accidentally called a new foreign coworker the wrong name in the first few months, particularly when my back was turned and stuff. I’d just make a joke of it like “Alec?” *looks around confused* “Ohhhh! I’m [snowymuscles]! Nice to meet you!”
Ever see Fight Club, Alec?
It’s why I adopted the name bear all the kids call me that .easy to remember