I had someone once *insist* that my name was Jacqueline (it isn't -- it's Jennifer) to the point of coming right into my face and shouting at me -- which did have the result of getting my attention, which yelling 'Jacqueline' across the room certainly hadn't. She was Extremely Put Out to discover she was wrong. The one thing I will say is that she used the whole name, not 'Jackie.'
I laugh about it now, but I was croggled by it at the time.
Names matter. And for a TA to do that -- that's just rude & thoughtless.
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I had someone once *insist* that my name was Jacqueline (it isn't -- it's Jennifer) to the point of coming right into my face and shouting at me -- which did have the result of getting my attention, which yelling 'Jacqueline' across the room certainly hadn't. She was Extremely Put Out to discover she was wrong. The one thing I will say is that she used the whole name, not 'Jackie.'
I laugh about it now, but I was croggled by it at the time.
Names matter. And for a TA to do that -- that's just rude & thoughtless.