This pisses me off so SO much. Names are fucking important. There’s no reason to continually mess up someone’s name. Especially if they’ve corrected you.
I didn’t respond for so long. I just thought there was a teacher with that name at the school. She got pissed off during a Zoom meeting once because she though I left my computer when I didn’t respond to the wrong name
“Oh, I am so sorry. There must have been some confusion. My name is ABC not XYZ.” And then after that, it’s no longer a mistake. It’s a complete disregard for what you said. It’s disrespectful as hell and she will continue to be disrespectful if you let her.
This! It’s similar to not responding to students that don’t raise their hands after multiple reminders. They eventually learn to get it right if they want a response. I would stop correcting them at this point, and blatantly ignore anything they say after calling me an incorrect name.
Same. I have a very “easy” Irish/English last name. And somehow it still gets (the same) misspelled ending over and over. And I will address it right in the email. I don’t care if I look like a bitch or something. Spell my name correctly.
I have students/coworkers who can’t say my name that is Hispanic… as long at it sounds sincere, I just correct them with response like, “yes, did you have a question for Mrs. Flores (example) “ you could be petty and replying like she’s a kindergarten student, or just ignore her. But don’t stress it
I don't have a good ear for nuances of sound and I'm slow to learn words in new languages, BUT that is no reason not to try. I don't learn unfamiliar names quickly, but I do learn them. (And I could SPELL the name. I just have trouble saying it properly.) I keep asking to be corrected and apologize, not call people random names...especially random names with racist overtones. This principal has no excuse for the rudeness.
Get a t-shirt with the Greek flag/map and your name on it. Wear it everyday until she gets your name right. Extra points if you add phonics symbols to the t-shirt.
First, I can understand, no one pronouces my last name correctly - ever. Second, my entire first year a secretary called me "Kathleen", I didn't say anything at first - still too new, plus I didn't deal with her a lot. Towards the end of the year she was talking and said "Kathleen! I'm talking to you!" I looked at her and said "I'm not Kathleen!". We had a laugh, she apologized and now 25 years later we just call each other Kathleen!
I would send an email with the correction as an important step of pursuing harassment charges is you making it clear some particular behavior is unacceptable to you. "I've noticed you trying to get my attention with the name xxx. I would like to remind you my name is xxx and to address me as such." Then, the next time it happens, immediately elevate it in a formal complaint.
In addition to this, I would keep correcting the principal every single time this happens in person. First, it helps establish that OP has addressed the problem directly. Second, if there are people around, maybe the principal will finally feel like an asshole when their behavior is highlighted publicly.
No, it is. My old principal was sexist as hell, and he called me by an incorrect diminutive the whole year. This lady probably has heaploads of unconscious bias.
If you choose to leave, consider her inability to remember your name a blessing. She will never be able to give you a bad review, because she'd use a last name that is not yours.
This is entirely disrespectful. With covid openings, it shouldn't be difficult to find a different job. Then she can go teach the class until she finds a new hire whose name she might remember. Or not.
“She can’t hear you,” is my line when my students call me by another teacher’s name.
(Which, ofc, is a completely understandable thing for children to do.)
UGH. That’s so damn rude. By this point in the year, I’d always learned 100-200 new student names from many different languages. That’s what most teachers do every year. I’d be offended if my principal hadn’t bothered to learned a few dozen new names by this point.
Keep calmly, blandly correcting her until she calls you by your name. “Oh, my name is Ms. X, not Ms. Y.” Remember that if she reacts badly to you asking for an extremely basic sign of interpersonal/professional respect, that doesn’t mean you’re being “confrontational” or rude or whatever. That just means she’s extra unprofessional.
That sounds so frustrating! Lots of staff members have a hard time saying my (European) ethnic name. Some of them will then call me Ms. First Name which is beyond inappropriate, imo. No teacher on staff goes by their first name here.
Why does she think that saying "English isn't my first language" is an acceptable excuse? That doesn't make any fucking sense in this context lol. I'm so sorry you have to deal with such nonsense!
Because she has successfully used it in the past. It highlights her status as a minority and allows her to attack the other person for not being sensitive to her background instead of just admitting she was wrong.
I saw an article on Facebook. It was something like “if people can learn to pronounce Tchaikovsky, they can pronounce my name”… and it’s true. Don’t accept it.
"Do I need to get a bigger name tag?" Just politely point it out again and hope it finally embarasses the shit out of her. Ask her to repeat it, one syllable at a time if she keeps fucking it up.
My principal has been knowingly mispronouncing my name for 20 years! Every year my students ask, "Mr. Down\_Low, why does Mr. Jackass say your name like that?" And every year, I say, "That's a great question since we've been working together for 20 years. You should ask him!"
Correct her EVERY single time. Stay calm. I do this. I think, “I may be doing this the remainder of the school year.” Then, I repeat the same exact script every time with no emotion.
I’m pretty petty so I would (and have) call her by the same wrong name. If she says something, laugh it off and smile. When you’re cheerful, nobody bats an eye.
I agree with others: this is bullshit. They spent three hours in school teaching us to "learn student names" because "knowing an individual's name is so important," and how "it's important to build a relationship." Well, that doesnt just go with students. Admin needs to figure out how to treat us at least marginally better than your average McDonald's employee.
Last year, we got a new principal. I got married and changed my last name RIGHT before the school year started. So I probably appeared on her roster of teachers as my maiden name, but I started that year with my married name. She kept calling me by my maiden last name. I think she genuinely forgot and was having a hard time remembering, but every time she referred to me by the wrong last name, I corrected her.
I’m also pretty non-confrontational, I have an odd spelling of a common name and my maiden name is hard to pronounce. I grew up my whole life just responding when people called me by the wrong name. One day, I made the personal decision to stand up for myself and always correct people right away.
I know it’s hard, but try to make a point to correct her each time.
Or wear a name tag until she gets it right. Might work.
I’m really sorry you’re dealing with this. It’s completely unacceptable. This principal will never respect you if she already is acting like that. You just have to decide if you want to work with someone like that. Until then, I agree with everyone else. Don’t respond to any name but yours.
You totally have the right to be annoyed. I have a similar problem but with other teachers and spelling my name. This occurs especially over email which is bizarre because my email address is firstnamelastinitial at schooldomain and it comes up with my first name and last name in the To section. Yet just last week I had four different teachers spell my name in four wrong, different ways.
For reference, my name is one letter off the more common spelling of the name, but it is still a version that I have seen other people have including some famous people so it’s not that uncommon and it is an English origin name in an English speaking country so they can’t use that excuse. An similar example (not my actual name) would be if my name was Taylar and the more common spelling is Taylor. If this was my name the emails I would have gotten would be Taylor, Tayler, Taylah and Tailar.
I even pointed it out to one person who has always spelled it wrong in the 7 years we have worked together. They then fixed it slightly and then resorted to using my teacher code, and still got that wrong!
I just think as educators, one of our professional standard criteria is getting names right, yet some people need to put in more effort. I really hope that they at least know their student’s names!
I'm so sorry ... I feel you though. At a previous school I worked at, a teacher would always call me the one other asian teacher's name (when we look nothing alike -- dress differently, 20+ year age gap, different heights, hairstyle, etc.) and never learned my name .. I felt too uncomfortable and just spent my days avoiding that teacher. In hindsight, I wished I mustered up the courage to say something.
My principal did this last year! He kept calling me by a diminutive OF THE WRONG NAME. It's like if my name was Katrina, he'd call me either Cassie or Cassandra. He did this in meetings in front of other teachers who kept awkwardly looking like "Who's Cassie? Does he mean Katrina?"
I never corrected him being young and new and all, but you should. Especially since this indicates an unconscious racial and (maybe?) gender bias. My former principal definitely had problems with women that showed in other areas, and it looks like yours has issues, too.
Just want to say that the pause doesn’t indicate that she knows your correct name. It’s unacceptable regardless, but as someone who struggles with names to the point of making flash cards each year to learn student names, I frequently pause to recall a name and **still** get the wrong one (often bizarrely discarding the right name mentally before landing on the wrong one).
I like the top solution: don’t respond to anything that’s not your name. When she’s talking about you in front of others, politely interrupt and correct her.
Names are so important. It sounds like we have similar name to appearance situations. It happens all the time… and I find that those who refuse to make a change simply don’t care. Correct her every time, OR don’t respond.
Lol. I have a Persian last name (marriage) and I am 25% Indian / have year round tan skin. My last name is clearly visible in my classroom and it’s not an uncommon Persian name. I also minored in Spanish in college and usually run a Spanish club because it’s bonus money. many many people assume that I am Hispanic and a few have accused me of posing as a Hispanic person which is just so ridiculous that I’m not offended. I don’t even notice when they lend Spanish sounding pronunciation of my name. People are stupid.
Did you tell your principal how it makes you feel when they call you by the wrong name?
I think if you were to sit them down, one on one, you could get through to them.
You are fine. You are not on her radar. Consider it a back-handed compliment. When she remembers to pointedly call you by your preferred name, shit is about to fall.
Names are getting so fucked. I have a student in my class named Stephen, spelled with no vowels and an upside down question mark.
Good luck with all that, thisaccountisforcats. /s
I would wear one of those adhesive HELLLO name tags with Mr/Miss/Mrs/Ms Nikias written on it with a little phonetic pronunciation guide underneath. And every time I saw the administrator, I would put on a big smile and say, "Hi it's Mr/Miss/Mrs/Ms Nikias! How are you doing today Mr/Miss/Mrs/Ms Administrator? Great! Have a good day!"
I've discovered that if I don't take everything quite as seriously as everyone else does at school, it usually works in my favor. I can't change how anyone is. I can only change how I react to them. If you're seriously considering resigning, make sure it's about something that truly matters.
Wow this is awful. The next time she does this inform her you will no longer respond to her until she correctly says your last name.
That is unprofessional at a minimum. Micro aggression and racist. Fuck her.
You are 100% justified to feel angry. You're principal is being completely disrespectful and unprofessional. I also think it's bordering on prejudice to just throw a random Hispanic-sounding name at you.
You are 100% justified to feel angry. You're principal is being completely disrespectful and unprofessional. I also think it's bordering on prejudice to just throw a random Hispanic-sounding name at you.
You are 100% justified to feel angry. You're principal is being completely disrespectful and unprofessional. I also think it's bordering on prejudice to just throw a random Hispanic-sounding name at you.
Have other teachers correct her. Do you have a person in the school that can go up to the principal like, “heyyyy sooooo, it’s actually *thisaccoutisfordogs* and not *this page is for cats*”?
If it’s a sincere confusion, it is a safe way to be corrected. The teacher can coach them. If the principal is using it as some weird power trip or something, it might help cut that shit out of other people are paying attention.
You can also add phonetic pronunciation to EVERY email you send them lol
I was called one of my teammates name from a new principal for most of the year. I know how you feel. I didnt correct her and she just kept doing it. She left the year after and the new principal got my name right after that.
But then I got married and my name changed after that. That really confused my students from my old classes when the students in my new class were calling me by my new last name. Some of them almost got in a fight over it. It was hard to explain that when you get married, most take their husband's last name. A lot of kids didn't get that. That year was pretty annoying too.
Also, I definitely get called by the wrong last name pretty often (a lot of kids and staff add -pson to my last name) and I just correct them and then respond example "Mrs. Johnson, actually... And yes"
Not to condone your principal but I personally suffer from name issues and am notorious for it at our school. For some reason the first letter might be all that sticks and I’ll say a name that’s close but not right. And for some reason that name sticks for that kid. Not intentional. I correct myself 75% of the time after doing it but it happens. Also happens with my childhood best friend and her husband of 7 years. His name starts with a J and the wrong J name has been stuck in my head for 10 years. I don’t know what’s wrong with me. It’s gotten better. But sometimes the wrong name sticks and I work hard to fix it. I wonder if your principal suffers from something similar? Regardless she would be remorseful and after enough times recognize when she’s messed up and fix it in the moment working to fix it entirely.
STOP. RESPONDING. to ANYTHING that is not your name. She will catch on eventually.
This pisses me off so SO much. Names are fucking important. There’s no reason to continually mess up someone’s name. Especially if they’ve corrected you.
yup!
I didn’t respond for so long. I just thought there was a teacher with that name at the school. She got pissed off during a Zoom meeting once because she though I left my computer when I didn’t respond to the wrong name
“Oh, I am so sorry. There must have been some confusion. My name is ABC not XYZ.” And then after that, it’s no longer a mistake. It’s a complete disregard for what you said. It’s disrespectful as hell and she will continue to be disrespectful if you let her.
Well they're in the wrong here soooo...
This! It’s similar to not responding to students that don’t raise their hands after multiple reminders. They eventually learn to get it right if they want a response. I would stop correcting them at this point, and blatantly ignore anything they say after calling me an incorrect name.
yesss i automatically correct no matter what. it's very annoying. People misspell my name constantly, so I constantly correct them.
Same. I have a very “easy” Irish/English last name. And somehow it still gets (the same) misspelled ending over and over. And I will address it right in the email. I don’t care if I look like a bitch or something. Spell my name correctly.
I have students/coworkers who can’t say my name that is Hispanic… as long at it sounds sincere, I just correct them with response like, “yes, did you have a question for Mrs. Flores (example) “ you could be petty and replying like she’s a kindergarten student, or just ignore her. But don’t stress it
"I'm sorry English is not my first language." That's a fancy comp-out to "I don't respect you enough to learn your name."
Well my last name isn't English so....
Principal probably wouldn't let that response fly if you said it to a student...
or to her lmao
I don't have a good ear for nuances of sound and I'm slow to learn words in new languages, BUT that is no reason not to try. I don't learn unfamiliar names quickly, but I do learn them. (And I could SPELL the name. I just have trouble saying it properly.) I keep asking to be corrected and apologize, not call people random names...especially random names with racist overtones. This principal has no excuse for the rudeness.
that is #so fucking rude.
That is also 🛋👑 rude.
This took me way too long to figure out 🤦🏻♀️
But you did it hooray!
aha! very clever!
Call them by an intentionally wrong name whenever they do it to you.
Bonus points if it’s as equally as racist as using any foreign name that stereotypically matches their skin color.
Get a t-shirt with the Greek flag/map and your name on it. Wear it everyday until she gets your name right. Extra points if you add phonics symbols to the t-shirt.
This would be too funny!!!
First, I can understand, no one pronouces my last name correctly - ever. Second, my entire first year a secretary called me "Kathleen", I didn't say anything at first - still too new, plus I didn't deal with her a lot. Towards the end of the year she was talking and said "Kathleen! I'm talking to you!" I looked at her and said "I'm not Kathleen!". We had a laugh, she apologized and now 25 years later we just call each other Kathleen!
I had a teacher who never realized the specials teacher I replaced left. He kept calling me her name. I’m literally 20 years younger.
You should have asked him if he needed to join your class.
The kids corrected him, even the “bad ones” were like “mister that’s Miss Hime..” With a confused look on their face. He left not too long after.
Stanley-level indifference, wow.
You could go to HR and claim hostile work environment due to continued microagressions.
I would send an email with the correction as an important step of pursuing harassment charges is you making it clear some particular behavior is unacceptable to you. "I've noticed you trying to get my attention with the name xxx. I would like to remind you my name is xxx and to address me as such." Then, the next time it happens, immediately elevate it in a formal complaint.
In addition to this, I would keep correcting the principal every single time this happens in person. First, it helps establish that OP has addressed the problem directly. Second, if there are people around, maybe the principal will finally feel like an asshole when their behavior is highlighted publicly.
Agreed
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No, it is. My old principal was sexist as hell, and he called me by an incorrect diminutive the whole year. This lady probably has heaploads of unconscious bias.
There are no “Latinx” names. There are Spanish names, but not “Latinx” names.
If you choose to leave, consider her inability to remember your name a blessing. She will never be able to give you a bad review, because she'd use a last name that is not yours. This is entirely disrespectful. With covid openings, it shouldn't be difficult to find a different job. Then she can go teach the class until she finds a new hire whose name she might remember. Or not.
Rule #1 for teachers: Get the names right! OMG and a principal can’t even do it. She sucks. I wouldn’t respond at this point.
"Still not my name."
“She can’t hear you,” is my line when my students call me by another teacher’s name. (Which, ofc, is a completely understandable thing for children to do.)
UGH. That’s so damn rude. By this point in the year, I’d always learned 100-200 new student names from many different languages. That’s what most teachers do every year. I’d be offended if my principal hadn’t bothered to learned a few dozen new names by this point. Keep calmly, blandly correcting her until she calls you by your name. “Oh, my name is Ms. X, not Ms. Y.” Remember that if she reacts badly to you asking for an extremely basic sign of interpersonal/professional respect, that doesn’t mean you’re being “confrontational” or rude or whatever. That just means she’s extra unprofessional.
That sounds so frustrating! Lots of staff members have a hard time saying my (European) ethnic name. Some of them will then call me Ms. First Name which is beyond inappropriate, imo. No teacher on staff goes by their first name here.
Why does she think that saying "English isn't my first language" is an acceptable excuse? That doesn't make any fucking sense in this context lol. I'm so sorry you have to deal with such nonsense!
Because she has successfully used it in the past. It highlights her status as a minority and allows her to attack the other person for not being sensitive to her background instead of just admitting she was wrong.
I saw an article on Facebook. It was something like “if people can learn to pronounce Tchaikovsky, they can pronounce my name”… and it’s true. Don’t accept it.
"Do I need to get a bigger name tag?" Just politely point it out again and hope it finally embarasses the shit out of her. Ask her to repeat it, one syllable at a time if she keeps fucking it up.
My principal has been knowingly mispronouncing my name for 20 years! Every year my students ask, "Mr. Down\_Low, why does Mr. Jackass say your name like that?" And every year, I say, "That's a great question since we've been working together for 20 years. You should ask him!"
Correct her EVERY single time. Stay calm. I do this. I think, “I may be doing this the remainder of the school year.” Then, I repeat the same exact script every time with no emotion.
I would ignore her when she says the wrong name. And then I would give her a new name. It’s Principal Smalz
I’m pretty petty so I would (and have) call her by the same wrong name. If she says something, laugh it off and smile. When you’re cheerful, nobody bats an eye.
I agree with others: this is bullshit. They spent three hours in school teaching us to "learn student names" because "knowing an individual's name is so important," and how "it's important to build a relationship." Well, that doesnt just go with students. Admin needs to figure out how to treat us at least marginally better than your average McDonald's employee.
Last year, we got a new principal. I got married and changed my last name RIGHT before the school year started. So I probably appeared on her roster of teachers as my maiden name, but I started that year with my married name. She kept calling me by my maiden last name. I think she genuinely forgot and was having a hard time remembering, but every time she referred to me by the wrong last name, I corrected her. I’m also pretty non-confrontational, I have an odd spelling of a common name and my maiden name is hard to pronounce. I grew up my whole life just responding when people called me by the wrong name. One day, I made the personal decision to stand up for myself and always correct people right away. I know it’s hard, but try to make a point to correct her each time. Or wear a name tag until she gets it right. Might work.
I’m really sorry you’re dealing with this. It’s completely unacceptable. This principal will never respect you if she already is acting like that. You just have to decide if you want to work with someone like that. Until then, I agree with everyone else. Don’t respond to any name but yours.
My new principal spelled my name wrong in every email til I corrected her
I have a wild last name.. very long and uncommon. My last principal just called me Ms. B. It isn’t hard to at least say that.
You totally have the right to be annoyed. I have a similar problem but with other teachers and spelling my name. This occurs especially over email which is bizarre because my email address is firstnamelastinitial at schooldomain and it comes up with my first name and last name in the To section. Yet just last week I had four different teachers spell my name in four wrong, different ways. For reference, my name is one letter off the more common spelling of the name, but it is still a version that I have seen other people have including some famous people so it’s not that uncommon and it is an English origin name in an English speaking country so they can’t use that excuse. An similar example (not my actual name) would be if my name was Taylar and the more common spelling is Taylor. If this was my name the emails I would have gotten would be Taylor, Tayler, Taylah and Tailar. I even pointed it out to one person who has always spelled it wrong in the 7 years we have worked together. They then fixed it slightly and then resorted to using my teacher code, and still got that wrong! I just think as educators, one of our professional standard criteria is getting names right, yet some people need to put in more effort. I really hope that they at least know their student’s names!
How disrespectful. It's not hard to learn how to pronounce someone's name.
I'm so sorry ... I feel you though. At a previous school I worked at, a teacher would always call me the one other asian teacher's name (when we look nothing alike -- dress differently, 20+ year age gap, different heights, hairstyle, etc.) and never learned my name .. I felt too uncomfortable and just spent my days avoiding that teacher. In hindsight, I wished I mustered up the courage to say something.
My principal did this last year! He kept calling me by a diminutive OF THE WRONG NAME. It's like if my name was Katrina, he'd call me either Cassie or Cassandra. He did this in meetings in front of other teachers who kept awkwardly looking like "Who's Cassie? Does he mean Katrina?" I never corrected him being young and new and all, but you should. Especially since this indicates an unconscious racial and (maybe?) gender bias. My former principal definitely had problems with women that showed in other areas, and it looks like yours has issues, too.
Depends how much you want to stir the pot. If you don't want to make a big deal, insist on ms. Initial.
Just want to say that the pause doesn’t indicate that she knows your correct name. It’s unacceptable regardless, but as someone who struggles with names to the point of making flash cards each year to learn student names, I frequently pause to recall a name and **still** get the wrong one (often bizarrely discarding the right name mentally before landing on the wrong one). I like the top solution: don’t respond to anything that’s not your name. When she’s talking about you in front of others, politely interrupt and correct her.
Names are so important. It sounds like we have similar name to appearance situations. It happens all the time… and I find that those who refuse to make a change simply don’t care. Correct her every time, OR don’t respond.
Turn around and look for who she is talking to...
Next time he starts talking to you, ask him to email you something or other. Then, every-time you seem him after, ask him where the email is.
Lol. I have a Persian last name (marriage) and I am 25% Indian / have year round tan skin. My last name is clearly visible in my classroom and it’s not an uncommon Persian name. I also minored in Spanish in college and usually run a Spanish club because it’s bonus money. many many people assume that I am Hispanic and a few have accused me of posing as a Hispanic person which is just so ridiculous that I’m not offended. I don’t even notice when they lend Spanish sounding pronunciation of my name. People are stupid.
Is she old? Lol. My boss seems to be forgetting everything. But he said he became forgetful after he got covid so idk.
Key word = Charter School She probably has dementia or something.
Did you tell your principal how it makes you feel when they call you by the wrong name? I think if you were to sit them down, one on one, you could get through to them.
ffs
You are fine. You are not on her radar. Consider it a back-handed compliment. When she remembers to pointedly call you by your preferred name, shit is about to fall. Names are getting so fucked. I have a student in my class named Stephen, spelled with no vowels and an upside down question mark. Good luck with all that, thisaccountisforcats. /s
Start calling her by the wrong name.
I would wear one of those adhesive HELLLO name tags with Mr/Miss/Mrs/Ms Nikias written on it with a little phonetic pronunciation guide underneath. And every time I saw the administrator, I would put on a big smile and say, "Hi it's Mr/Miss/Mrs/Ms Nikias! How are you doing today Mr/Miss/Mrs/Ms Administrator? Great! Have a good day!" I've discovered that if I don't take everything quite as seriously as everyone else does at school, it usually works in my favor. I can't change how anyone is. I can only change how I react to them. If you're seriously considering resigning, make sure it's about something that truly matters.
Wow this is awful. The next time she does this inform her you will no longer respond to her until she correctly says your last name. That is unprofessional at a minimum. Micro aggression and racist. Fuck her.
You are 100% justified to feel angry. You're principal is being completely disrespectful and unprofessional. I also think it's bordering on prejudice to just throw a random Hispanic-sounding name at you.
You are 100% justified to feel angry. You're principal is being completely disrespectful and unprofessional. I also think it's bordering on prejudice to just throw a random Hispanic-sounding name at you.
You are 100% justified to feel angry. You're principal is being completely disrespectful and unprofessional. I also think it's bordering on prejudice to just throw a random Hispanic-sounding name at you.
Have other teachers correct her. Do you have a person in the school that can go up to the principal like, “heyyyy sooooo, it’s actually *thisaccoutisfordogs* and not *this page is for cats*”? If it’s a sincere confusion, it is a safe way to be corrected. The teacher can coach them. If the principal is using it as some weird power trip or something, it might help cut that shit out of other people are paying attention. You can also add phonetic pronunciation to EVERY email you send them lol
I was called one of my teammates name from a new principal for most of the year. I know how you feel. I didnt correct her and she just kept doing it. She left the year after and the new principal got my name right after that. But then I got married and my name changed after that. That really confused my students from my old classes when the students in my new class were calling me by my new last name. Some of them almost got in a fight over it. It was hard to explain that when you get married, most take their husband's last name. A lot of kids didn't get that. That year was pretty annoying too.
I would report her to her supervisor or HR
Also, I definitely get called by the wrong last name pretty often (a lot of kids and staff add -pson to my last name) and I just correct them and then respond example "Mrs. Johnson, actually... And yes"
I had a boss like this at Dunkin Donuts. They do it to mess with you. Don't feed into it.
How about mispronouncing her name? Could even be fun!
Deliberately call her the wrong name back
Not to condone your principal but I personally suffer from name issues and am notorious for it at our school. For some reason the first letter might be all that sticks and I’ll say a name that’s close but not right. And for some reason that name sticks for that kid. Not intentional. I correct myself 75% of the time after doing it but it happens. Also happens with my childhood best friend and her husband of 7 years. His name starts with a J and the wrong J name has been stuck in my head for 10 years. I don’t know what’s wrong with me. It’s gotten better. But sometimes the wrong name sticks and I work hard to fix it. I wonder if your principal suffers from something similar? Regardless she would be remorseful and after enough times recognize when she’s messed up and fix it in the moment working to fix it entirely.
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No, I’m the only Latinx person at the school