The more nicknames you have, the more "street cred" you have...

My nicknames that my students have given me in the last two years and yes, I do response when they call me these:

1). "Ms. G!" - You have to say it in a "Middle-School-White Boy" sort of way, that it is really wrong for a scrawny white kid trying to be all hip and gangster-like.

2). "C-Momma!" - This came from a class last year that I was with for a week and a half and let call me by my first name because they were Juniors in High School. It is endearing. When I sub there, you will hear this name be yelled down the hall, if students see me.

3). "G-Money!" - Freshman this year gave me this one. I think it sounds like a really bad stripper name. But you know Freshmen, once they set their mind to something, it sticks - no matter what.

4). "Velma" - Yes, the chick from Scooby Doo. I have an Aunt (for real) that looks like her, so I was not to surprised then a Middle School student call me this. It did not help that I was wearing a orange sweater that day, and my hair was going a little 1970s crazy...

Weird last name attempts that students have called me: Gandolf, Ghandi and Grendel...