Report cards and other official documents should carry the official name. The rest, I don’t know. All I know is that I think it’s my right to be called what I want to be called, regardless of official name. And I’ve held that point of view since I started school in 1962.
My birth certificate says “Samuel” (not my real name). My parents always called me Sam, never Samuel or Sammy. When I started school, teachers tried insisting on calling me what they wanted to call me. I hated it and eventually it got bad enough that my parents had to intervene on my behalf.
If a person prefers something other than their given name, I think it’s the person’s right to have that honoured, regardless of age.
Report cards and other official documents should carry the official name. The rest, I don’t know. All I know is that I think it’s my right to be called what I want to be called, regardless of official name. And I’ve held that point of view since I started school in 1962.
My birth certificate says “Samuel” (not my real name). My parents always called me Sam, never Samuel or Sammy. When I started school, teachers tried insisting on calling me what they wanted to call me. I hated it and eventually it got bad enough that my parents had to intervene on my behalf.
If a person prefers something other than their given name, I think it’s the person’s right to have that honoured, regardless of age.