Tasks
1. morning meeting
2. teach
3. afternoon grade-stravaganza / presentation preparation fest
4. evening dinner with an old friend / psuedo-sister who’s blowing through town for a night
Trappings
Tales
So I’m a nicknamer. It’s a thing. I really enjoy the giving of nicknames, and the less practical, the better. I particularly like nicknaming my students, as I think it expresses the attitude of light-hearted-fun-lovingness that I hope to create in my classroom. This term, I’ve had some truly funny students who have put up with a lot in terms of my nicknaming. To wit: Travis James [last name redacted] has become: Travjam, T-Jimpsers, T-Jimmity, Trav-Jambo, TJ Hooker, Jim Travers, and JamTime. I’d share more of them with you, but most are first-and-last-name combos, which means I can’t reveal them without violating FERPA.
However, I can share with you my new favorite thing: when students nickname me. You see, since I’m such an enthusiastic nicknamer, I told them they could, if they wished, also nickname me. So far, I’ve gotten:
M-Tinsters
M-Beezy
Milesy Cyrus (which is a pretty hilarious play on my last name, though I don’t share my last name in this forum)
M&Ms
Yo Teach
Future-Friend
Martanimal
Aren’t my little jerks the most amazing and hilarious students around? I’m a little bit in love with my job right now. And with their brains. I’m hoping for more good nicknames soon.
no one thought to call you snoops though, did they?!
p.s. how come i never thought of m-tinsters? or martanimal! are you kidding!
I’m actually a lot surprised that you’ve never called me Martanimal. I feel like we missed out on a lot because of that, you know?