Imagine having your name butchered by your English teacher every day, making you the target of your classmates’ jokes. This is the reality for one student in the Philippines, whose parent decided to step in and address the issue. Let’s dive into this tale of mispronunciation, embarrassment, and a parent’s quest for their child’s well-being.
The Mispronunciation Dilemma ♂️

Fluent in English, But…

Annoying and Embarrassing

Teacher Calls Parent

Meeting at the Principal’s Office

The Name Pronunciation Battle ️

Class Performance and Teasing

Teacher’s Angry Response

Insult to a Professional?

Principal Steps In ♂️

Teacher’s Email

Respect or Knowledge?

Parent’s Intentions

Mispronunciation Mayhem: Who’s Right?
In this rollercoaster of mispronunciation, a parent defends their son’s right to have his name pronounced correctly by his English teacher. The teacher, however, feels insulted and claims his pronunciation is accurate. The situation escalates to the principal’s office, where the teacher is asked to call the student by his correct name. The teacher later emails the parent, expressing his discontent with being embarrassed in front of the principal. The parent only wanted their child to focus on their studies without the burden of this issue. Who do you think is right in this situation? Let’s see what the internet thinks…
Parent defends child against teacher’s mispronunciation, calls for action.

Parent stands up to arrogant teacher who mispronounced student’s name
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Teacher refuses to correct mispronunciation, gets called out by parent. NTA

Stand up for your child and demand action against the teacher! #NTA

Mispronouncing names is common, but correcting is important. NTA

Parent stands up for child’s name, calls out rude teacher

Hispanic pronunciation of name is correct, teacher was wrong. NTA.

Proud of you for making an effort to pronounce names correctly!

Parent defends son after teacher mispronounces name, suggests reporting teacher.

Parent stands up to teacher who bullied their child.

Parent defends son against English teacher’s repeated mispronunciation. NTA

Teacher refuses to pronounce student’s name correctly, parent defends. NTA!

Parent defends son after teacher mispronounces name, calls him disrespectful. NTA

Parent stands up for child against disrespectful teacher

Parent defends child’s name after teacher intentionally mispronounces it.

Parent defends child’s name, teacher’s unprofessionalism called out
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English teacher refuses to pronounce student’s name correctly. NTA wins.
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Parent suggests language barrier may be the cause of mispronunciation.

Respect is key. NTA for speaking up about name pronunciation.

Parent defends child’s name against mispronunciation in school.

Parent defends child’s name pronunciation, calls out teacher’s ignorance.

Parent defends child’s name, teacher’s mistake causes controversy

Parent defends child’s name, calls out disrespectful teacher. NTA

Stand up to bullies! NTA parent defends son’s name pronunciation.
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Respect for one’s identity is crucial. NTA.

Parent stands up for son’s name against bullying English teacher

Parent defends child’s name against mispronunciation, teacher called out.

Parent defends child’s name pronunciation against bigoted teacher. NTA.

Teacher misspells student’s name, parent shares similar experience. NTA.
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Parent stands up to teacher’s bullying. NTA

Teacher mispronounces student’s name, parent agrees with NTA judgement.

Parent defends child’s name after teacher mispronounces it.

Debate over cultural sensitivity and pronunciation in schools

Teacher’s behavior is unacceptable. Parent is NTA for correcting.

Parent calls out teacher for mispronouncing student’s name. YTA confirmed.

Power-tripping teacher corrected on name pronunciation. NTA wins.

Parent defends correct pronunciation of student’s name, NTA.
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Parent defends child’s name pronunciation, NTA wins

Respect people’s names and pronunciations

Stand up for yourself and report disrespectful behavior to principal! ♀️
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Parent takes action against teacher’s mispronunciation. NTA.

Mother defends son’s name pronunciation, teacher argues. NTA.
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NTA, politely escalate the issue to the principal for resolution.
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Respecting names is important, even if they’re from different cultures.

Parent defends child’s name pronunciation, calls out teacher’s behavior.

Stand up for yourself and contact the principal!

Teacher mispronounces name, calls student impolite. NTA for parent’s reaction.

Teacher mispronounces student’s name, parent steps in to defend. NTA.

Parent defends child’s name after teacher mispronounces it repeatedly.

Parent defends child’s name, calls out teacher’s arrogance. NTA

Pronouncing names correctly can be tricky, but effort matters!

Parent supports student, suggests reporting teacher for mispronunciation. NTA
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Respectful name pronunciation is a must. NTA comment agrees.

Parent defends child’s name, calls out teacher’s mispronunciation.

Pronouncing names correctly is important, NTA comment agrees.

NTA stands up for student’s name mispronunciation, calls out teacher’s arrogance.

Respect people’s names and pronunciations. NTA for correcting.

Calling out a teacher’s overconfidence in pronouncing names. NTA.

Parent stands up for child’s name pronunciation, NTA wins

Parent defends student’s name mispronunciation, praises unique name.

Parent defends child’s name against teacher’s intimidation tactics.

Former teacher shares respectful approach to name pronunciation.

Respectful parent advocates for child’s name, sets example for all

Parent defends child’s name after teacher mispronounces it.

Don’t mess with someone’s name, even if you’re family

Parent defends child’s name pronunciation, deems teacher NTA

Pronouncing names correctly is important, effort should be made

Teacher shares experience with unique name pronunciation, supports parent’s actions

NTA suggests reporting unprofessional teacher mispronouncing student’s name.

NTA, email teacher and CC principal, issue resolved. Let school handle.

Standing up for your name is important. NTA

Parent defends student’s name mispronunciation, questions teacher’s qualifications.

Parent defends son’s name choice, calls teacher an idiot

Parent defends mispronounced name, calls out double standard.

NTA, but it depends on how hard the name is to pronounce

Parent defends son after teacher repeatedly mispronounces his name. NTA
