before i was in kindergarten i went with my mother to meet with the teacher. it was sort of an orientation type thing to get the kids used to the room and so that they felt like they knew the teacher on the first day. the teacher felt like it would be fun to have me find my desk and where i would be sitting in the class room that year. all the kids names where on name tags on the desks. as i walked up and down the rows of desks i came across a name. this was a name i recognized. however, it was not my name. it was like my name but spelled with a one letter difference. i pointed to this desk, not out of my own personal spelling mistake or simple error on my part, but rather to save the teacher the embarrassment of spelling my name wrong. of course it was pointed out to me that i had chosen the wrong desk. i know that both the teacher and my mother thought i had mad a simple mistake that any 4 year old would make confusing and I with a Y, however, that was not the case.

this kind of thing still happens to me all the time.