August 21, 2019
Good morning crew,
I have a habit of giving the kids at the taekwondo school nicknames. It helps me remember them and it's kind of fun. For me, anyway.
For example; we have a kid named Zack, he's 'Zack Attack'. Majeed becomes 'Machine', Hunter becomes 'Jaeger', Nadia, 'Nodule', James, 'Hamish', and etcetera.
I didn't say it was a good habit.
Anyway, most of the kids think it's funny, some of them hate it. Majeed, who's 7 or 8-years-old, asked me why I call him Machine. I said, "Because it's a cool nickname."
"I don't like it," he said.
I respected his wishes, of course. Even a 7-year-old has a right to be called what he wants, but I told him, "Just wait until you get into junior high, or high school. You're going to be wishing the kids called you Machine."
Laugh it up,
Joe
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