My name is Rebekah, which is the Hebrew spelling. Almost always, people misspell my name as "Rebecca" or "Rebecka" or "Rebekka." I have kind of learned to live with the misspellings, but it does mean so much to me when someone who I don't know spells my name correctly. This makes me realize how meaningful it must be to students when teachers can spell or say their names correctly. I always ask students to pronounce their names for me so that I can make sure to say it correctly because I understand how important names are. In the future, I will make sure that I am not the only one who is able to pronounce a students name correctly, but also coteachers and classmates.
