It's pretty common in Waldorf kindergarten's for the teachers to go by Miss/Mrs/Mr "their first name," but the three other teachers in the class from my internship went by their last names. Because it feels more true to who I am and my philosophy as a teacher, I chose to be Miss Rachel.
One afternoon while the children were putting away their nap things, one of the teachers was talking about her husband and referred to him as Mr. "her last name". One of the children promptly turned to me and said: "Miss Rachel, is your husband's name Mr. Rachel?"
I guess the logic follows, but I'm not sure how my then-boyfriend felt about being Mr. Rachel! Although a few weeks later the children all very adamantly wanted me to "bring some cookies home to Mr. Rachel," so it seems there are some benefits!
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Ed gets a few "Mr. Dodson"s now and then since my last name is hypenated. Always makes me giggle, and that way we know the person on the phone is a solicitor we wouldn't want to talk to anyway!
That is SO funny. You have to love their logic. By all rules and principle, it makes sense. I go by my first name because I think the children will relate to us better. Also, Mr. Easter sounds corny. =)
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