Teacher refuses to call student by his real name and gives him detention, he comes back with proof: 'The look on her face was priceless'

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Feb 8, 2025 8:00 AM EST

Sometimes, teachers need to be called out for enforcing silly rules. These rules can go far beyond the regulations enforced by the school and the administration. Anyone who has ever been to school knows that some teachers enjoy using their authority in unnecessary ways. 

This story goes out to all the students who stand up to their teachers when they are very much in the wrong and who defend themselves (or in this case, their own names). Keep scrolling below for the full drama!

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    QSIN "I pulled out the birth certificate, put it down on her desk and said [...] 'That's what you will call me.""
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  • Here, we have a student who, for the purposes of anonymity, said that his birth name was Alex… not Alexander, but Alex. Unfortunately for him, he had to take a class with a strict, traditionally-minded teacher who refused to accept that his “nickname" was, in fact, his real one.

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    This was years ago now when i was in secondary school (around 15 years old). We used to have form in the morning where the teacher would take the register and let you know about anything going on in the school before you went to your other classes. My
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    form tutor was a miserable old woman that was a renowned a hole. There were several stories i could tell about her but this one is the only time i got the better of her.
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    My parents named me a shortened version of posh sounding name, for the sake of the story lets say they called me Alex which is short for Alexander.
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    When ever this woman would call my name she would always use Alexander. I brought up to her that it was not my name multiple times and asked her to please call me Alex as thats what my parents called me.
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    She would always get angry and tell me "Dont be stupid, no one is named Alex. Your name is Alexander, Alex is just what you want to be called." No
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    matter how much I insisted she refused. At one point she gave me a detention for asking her to call me my correct name.
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  • After numerous attempts to try and correct his teacher for misusing his name, “Alex” was given detention and his parents were called by his school with the vague reason that “Alex” had been arguing with his teacher. Of course, when the student explained the real story to his parents, they helped him prove his point…

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    The school called to let my parents know i had been given a detention for arguing with ny teacher. When I told. my parents I was supposed to have a detention for asking my teacher to call me the right name, they were not happy. So they gave me a card to use against her: my birth certificate.
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    The next day when she called my name, I once again told her that wasnt my name. She theatened me with another dettention so I pulled out the birth certificate, put it down on her desk and said "my birth certificate says my name is Alex so thats what you will call me thanks"
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    The look on her face was priceless, and she started calling me my actuall name for the rest of the time i was in her class.
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    • Curraghboy1 17h ago I have a name that can be shortened 2 ways. Lets say my name is Benjamin, It can be shortened to Ben or Benny. I hate Benny and if called it I tell the person Don't call me that. Call me full name or Ben. I will not answer further if you call me.
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    One teacher kept calling me Benny and I told her call me the others. She kept it up and I wouldn't answer her.
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    The look on her face when she took me to the principal to put me on detention and as soon as she said "Benny is being cheeky and not answering me" and the principal said "If you call him by his given name he might reply. That b………. hated me the rest of my time in that school.
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    fermion72 • 17h ago I love it. My 1st grade teacher took my name away for the rest of my life. (My parents gave me a name that can be shortened in a couple of different ways as a nickname.
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    One way is uncommon, but is still legitimate. The other is the "normal" nickname. On my first day of first grade, my teacher asked every kid on the way into class for their name. I said, "My full name is [full name], but everyone calls me [nickname]."
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    My teacher replied, "Not in first grade we don't. In first grade we will call you by your real name, [Common Nickname]." I had never heard that nickname in my life. I went home crying, and told my mom, "My name isn't [original nickname] any more, it is [common nickname]." My mom
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    thought I was growing up, and went along with it. My entire extended family and friends had to re-learn my name, and that was that.
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    In college, I used my original nickname for my computer account, and one of my friends. asked me about it. I told her the story, and she said, "What! We're going back to [original nickname]
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    right now!" and she and a number of other friends started using that name. When my mom came for parents weekend, she heard my friends calling me by the old name, and asked me about it. I
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    told my mom the whole story, and she was furious. She said that if she had known the truth back then she would have walked into the classroom on the second day of school and put the teacher in her place. At this point, I'm still
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    known professionally by the common nickname, but some of my friends and almost all of my family have gone back to the origina nickname. I still feel chuffed about the whole situation.
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