I Have A Name!

[coughdrop.2.go]

Since I've started my job at this high school a little over a year ago, I still have no name. I'm still referred to as: Health Center Nurse. It didn't bother me until I got a email this week where a counselor introduced me on the email to a parent as: Health Center Nurse. No mention of my name at all. But obviously the counselor had to know my name since I was CC on the email. Also note, there were several people introduced on that email, but I was the only one not mentioned with a proper name.

I'm sorry, I just needed to vent. School is almost starting and I'm up to my ears in immunizations (that seem to not get entered from K-8th grade). Excuse me while I blast Destiny's Child "Say My Name" on repeat. They might get the message.

[Windchaser22]

We all call each other Mr. Miss or Mrs so and so. So staff will say go see the nurse Mrs so and so or simply go see Mrs so and so.

[Kerber]

I don't mind being called nurse that's what I am í ½í±

[tamarae1]

I am Nurse Lastname to the staff here. Except for a couple. Then I'm, "Eh uh uhm Nurse... uh.. mm. uhm.. whatwasyourname?" This is my 2nd semester. It's not like I just started here last week.

[logank622]

I'm ashamed to say I never knew the nurse's name when I was in school. I wasn't a FF, but I was there enough that I should have learned her name.

I'm not a school nurse, but I was a substitute teacher for a while. (OK, so it was five and a half days. Whatever. Those kids were monsters.) That's the only time in my life I've been called by my last name, and I hated it. I don't mind being called by my first name, and especially if a kid is scared or in pain, I'm not going to get hung up on formalities. That's just me though - I can see that being a slippery slope and a potential boundary issue for some people.

When I was in first grade myself, there was a teacher named Ms. Sis-pants-ski. At least, that's how we said it - I could never spell it. It was a long Polish name with an outrageously low vowel-to-consonant ratio, and I doubt any first grader could pronounce it correctly. Years later I heard she got married and her name was now Mrs. Smith. To this day, I'm irrationally angry at her for making us fight with Szspanszcky (or something like that) when other students could just use Smith. She was a sweet, pretty young teacher and there's no excuse for her not getting married sooner for our convenience.

[Farawyn]

I'm ashamed to say I never knew the nurse's name when I was in school. I wasn't a FF, but I was there enough that I should have learned her name.

I'm not a school nurse, but I was a substitute teacher for a while. (OK, so it was five and a half days. Whatever. Those kids were monsters.) That's the only time in my life I've been called by my last name, and I hated it. I don't mind being called by my first name, and especially if a kid is scared or in pain, I'm not going to get hung up on formalities. That's just me though - I can see that being a slippery slope and a potential boundary issue for some people.

When I was in first grade myself, there was a teacher named Ms. Sis-pants-ski. At least, that's how we said it - I could never spell it. It was a long Polish name with an outrageously low vowel-to-consonant ratio, and I doubt any first grader could pronounce it correctly. Years later I heard she got married and her name was now Mrs. Smith. To this day, I'm irrationally angry at her for making us fight with Szspanszcky (or something like that) when other students could just use Smith. She was a sweet, pretty young teacher and there's no excuse for her not getting married sooner for our convenience.

Long Polish name here. By injection.

Sorry, on behalf of all Polacks, to stress your brain so.

Bless Your Heart.

I am known as Nurse Lastname (Kids in my school are pretty smart, I guess.)

Nurse Firstname

Firstname

THE NURSE

Mrs. Lastname

Aunt Firstname

and

Mom.