Abby Connolly
“Once again, the new teacher announced if a student had a Spanish version of their name, she’d call them that,” she said.
“So, she called Alexandra, Alejandra. Alexandra corrected her, but the teacher ignored her. My daughter came home upset after the second week. I am not the type of mom to write emails, but I felt I had to in this case.”
When she emailed Alexandra’s teacher, she said that if Alexandra ever went to a Spanish-speaking country, she’d be called by that name. She felt this excuse was kind of weak, especially given that Alexandra’s former Spanish teacher, who had come to America from a Spanish-speaking country, had no issue with calling her by her actual name.
Surprisingly, Alexandra’s Spanish teacher went back and forth with her on this matter for a while.
“The teacher tried to dig her heels in, but I [asked] if it wasn’t that big a deal in her eyes that she calls her Alejandra, why is it such a big deal to just call her Alexandra?” she recalled.
“Eventually, she gave in. Alexandra confirmed that her teacher is calling her by her proper name.”
After all was said and done, her husband started giving her grief, telling her that she blew things out of proportion and Alexandra could’ve just sucked it up for the school year.
Did she blow things out of proportion, or was she right to stand up for her daughter?
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