On the way home from school this afternoon I told my 6 year old that I knew the Christian name of her teacher.

Ever since, it’s like I hold the key to the Holy Grail.

I’d forgotten the mystique facts about the teacher holds when you’re 6!

She can’t wait until Monday to share the knowledge.

Teachers going to love you….

Even after six years as a secondary teacher I still find it amusing that kids get so excited about finding out teacher’s names!

Teachers going to love you….

How do you think he knows their first name?

Dangerous thing, pillow talk.

Had a French teacher called Mr Ritchie I told everyone his first name was Mabossa

Never mind knowing their names, seeing them out of school is weird to my kids. I think they think that the teachers only exist inside the school gates.

And seeing one of them at the swimming pool 😯 not right

Even after six years as a secondary teacher I still find it amusing that kids get so excited about finding out teacher’s names!

*teachers’ names . . . just saying. 😉

Yup, fair enough – caught out by phunkmaster!

I might add that I’m a ‘techie’ teacher… 😳

We currently rent our kids teachers home while he is on sabbatical for a year, in Africa. Youngest_oab left school that night saying ‘goodbye sir’. The look on his face an hour later when he walked in the house and was told to call ‘sir’, Alastair….

English teacher. Unfair advantage 😀

Dont your ID tags have forenames like ours?

Even at secondary school the pupils love knowing this information. our name badges just have the first initial.

Jamie – Member

Teachers going to love you….

How do you think he knows their first name?

Dangerous thing, pillow talk.

Ha! Love the idea of pillow talk being ‘So …. what’s your first name then, love?’

Although she was wearing her jim jams when I saw her this afternoon….

Year 11, head of year was Mr. Dick. Nuff said. No-one wanted to know his first name!! 😀

I worked with a teacher called mr nutt, pupils found out his partner was called hazel…. he got some serious stick!

oh really? I think we’d best have a few words after class Jason.

My primary school teacher was called Miss Fortune. Nuff said really.

I’ve been John for most of my teaching career….

Took my 13 year old cousin to school once. Got to the school gates and bumped into an ex-girlfriend from my college days. Got talking to her, catching up etc. Turned out she was his form tutor!! He put two and two together and realised that I knew more than just her first name 8)

I have the middle initial x on our school systems (we have to have 3 letters apparently and I have no middle name). I tell the (secondary) kids I have spanish roots and it stands for Xavier or Ximenes. It’s amusing when the two groups argue over which name is, “but he told me it was….”, usually they twig at this point…

Techy teacher here too – where are you Househusband?

Kids in our place know all teachers first names as when we use our projectors to show daily bulletin etc the name of the user is on the bottom of the screen.

I do remember as a kid it was a big deal to find out the teachers’ name.

I do IT support at my kids’ school. Have to do the mental switch between referring to the teachers by first or surname depending on whether I’ve got my kids with me (something I sometimes fail on with the headteacher, as I tend to have more direct dealing with him than anybody else, so very used to first name terms!) I have on occasion really struggled to remember surnames, as I don’t use them on a regular basis for most of the teachers – actually now I come to think of it I’m not even sure I know the surnames of some TAs.

FWIW my kids’ teachers are called Claire and Liz 😉

Some teachers refuse to divulge their first name to pupils which makes it a big deal.

If they ask me I just tell them which takes the wind right out of their sails.

I’ve been John for most of my teaching career….

Most?

Is this a witness protection thing?

My lad’s primary school has just lost a teacher called Mr Trumper. If that was my name, I doubt I’d set myself on a career path that would bring me into contact with large groups of semi feral 8 year olds……

Had a Geography teacher called Mrs Russian at the same time as a driving instructor called Mr Driver, bizarre.

My Primary head teacher was Mrs Crotch.

Our kids’ head teacher at primary school was Mr. Barron. Nothing particularly unusual about that, except when I was at school with him, his surname was ‘Bottom’. A wise choice I’d say !! And I was always impressed at how few kids actually knew this, given how many of their parents did!

I’ve been John for most of my teaching career….
Most?

Is this a witness protection thing?

No I have worked at a school and college which were teachers used their first names

I have also worked at a school where I was Mr Clinch. But I think everyone knew I was John

Had a Geography teacher called Mrs Russian at the same time as a driving instructor called Mr Driver, bizarre.

Nominative determinism or aptonyms?