I am not candy!
2007 May 30
I have been teaching a small, first level course at the language school. There are only four students, all young men, and sometimes they are a bit rowdy and joke around, which makes the course fun. There is a Korean named Joo Sung and he goes by Julius; however, the three other guys have conspired to call him Ju Ju. This nickname reminds me of JuJubes, one of those soft, chewy candies I enjoyed as a kid. I told the class about this, and I think this only encouraged them more. They’ve done it so many times that I have occasionally (and unintentionally) called the poor guy Ju Ju. I suspect this is a case of the students training the teacher to do something.
I do try to call him Julius as much as possible.
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4 men in a language course plus a korean nice@!
Um, this was not quite the response I was seeking for this vignette.