the first day of school

teacher: um…katherine?
student: i prefer katie
teacher: ok!!! 🙂 *writes it on the roster, repeats it twice*
teacher: mark??
student: i prefer alice
teacher: ummmm……is that what your PARENTS call you???? is that what your FRIENDS call you???? are you just trying to play some joke?????? sorry, MARK, but i’ll need formal written permission to call you “””alice””” in my class, mark 🙂 🙂 🙂