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The Joys of Teaching: First-Name Basis

Setting: Sister Kim's first year teaching high school, the senior class.

Student: Ms. Kim, you are, like, the coolest teacher in the whole school!

Ms. Kim: Uh...oh, really? Wow...why?

Student: You're, like, the only one who wants us to call you by your first name!!

Ms. Kim: Umm.. Kim is my last name.

(pause)

Student: Ohmygosh!!!! Your name is Kim Kim??!!?

3 comments:

Jenn Chen said...

I'm guessing that this student is a non-Asian...haha.

Yao said...

Actually, I have a student who's name is Kimberly Kim, and she goes by Kim Kim... so it actually exists... i thought it was a joke, but it's true...

Judy said...

hahaha... i like it when Sister Kim tells the story herself :)

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