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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Mine has a teacher who called him a different but similar name - think Tim/Tom or Nat/Nate. He kept doing it after being corrected over the first two weeks of school, so my kid gave up, though still signs his papers with the correct name. When the teacher said the wrong name in conferences, I corrected him, several times, and by the end of the conference I gave up too!

I don't really care, but now that everyone in the class jokes about it, I'm afraid it will become a nickname that sticks. This happened to my brother's friend when a teacher miscalled him Michael for a year, and for 10 years after, everyone called him Mike when his name was actually John.[/quote]

I would worry about the mental acuity of a teacher like this. I’m awful with names, but calling a kid in your class by the wrong name for weeks, after seeing it written repeatedly and having the parents correct you? That doesn’t seem healthy.[/quote]

I used to learn names spatially. I would sit kids in ABC order and walk around the room saying their names after school, creating a mind palace. I wonder if the teacher would be having this trouble if we were back. Do you know anybody in another person’s class?

I would also say that it got harder over the years, because my mind palace had been used so often. By the end of their careers, teachers have memorized thousands of names, if you include knowing the parents.[/quote]

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