So for some reason, Mrs. Prather is hard for young elementary schoolers to say. And I have discovered that if I do not give myself a nickname, I get so many wild variations of my name, like Mrs. Panther, Mrs. Panda, Mrs. Painter, Mrs. Prither, and even one class where the teacher told them to call me Mrs. P. So now when I am in an elementary school as a substitute, I introduce myself as Mrs. Prather and tell them it's ok to call me Mrs. Prather or Mrs. Panda and that I will not answer to anything else.
On many occasions, I have been asked "Can we just say Ms. P?" and I say, "No, you pee in the potty; I will not be Ms. P - that's gross!!"
So in every elementary school I have subbed, I am known as Mrs. Panda. Today, I was in my favorite class, Mrs. Kelly's 2nd grade at Normal Park. I have been with them about 3 times before, so they already know me well. When classes changed for math groups, there was a new girl. She came over to ask for help with a math problem and heard other kids calling me Mrs. Panda and asked me why. I told her that my real name is Mrs. Prather, but that's really hard to say so they call me Mrs. Panda. She closed her math book and turned around to go back to her desk. All of a sudden, she stopped and turned back around to face me, and with big thoughtful eyes and the sweetest, most innocent voice, she asks, "Are you married to Kung Fu Panda?"
I smiled at her, did a karate chop in the air, and said -- You'll never know :)
On many occasions, I have been asked "Can we just say Ms. P?" and I say, "No, you pee in the potty; I will not be Ms. P - that's gross!!"
So in every elementary school I have subbed, I am known as Mrs. Panda. Today, I was in my favorite class, Mrs. Kelly's 2nd grade at Normal Park. I have been with them about 3 times before, so they already know me well. When classes changed for math groups, there was a new girl. She came over to ask for help with a math problem and heard other kids calling me Mrs. Panda and asked me why. I told her that my real name is Mrs. Prather, but that's really hard to say so they call me Mrs. Panda. She closed her math book and turned around to go back to her desk. All of a sudden, she stopped and turned back around to face me, and with big thoughtful eyes and the sweetest, most innocent voice, she asks, "Are you married to Kung Fu Panda?"
I smiled at her, did a karate chop in the air, and said -- You'll never know :)
My new Husband. Isn't he dreamy?
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