Nicknames

Giving lecturers nicknames is one of the favourite pastimes and perhaps one of the most creative activities of the students in STM. I must confess I am not innocent of this, as I did give some of my professors some very creative and unique nicknames as well. If you are curious enough in wanting to know what nicknames I give to William Mounce, Moises Silva, Gregory Beale, Peter Kuzmic, and Haddon Robbinson, you have to ask me privately!!

Now that I am on the receiving end, I often wonder what nicknames students in the seminary give me. Some of the students are a bit discreet - the nicknames they give are always "quietly" uttered behind my back - and they are all convinced that I do not know some of these. But some of the students are bold enough to publicise them in the blogsphere and elsewhere.

This is just a sample of the list of names/descriptions/adjectives/titles I "earned" in the past few months since I begin teaching at STM:

• slave driver - this title is deliberately mentioned in a blog with the hope that I will read it! And I have the proof for this!
• paper doll - you got to know the context out of which this name is given.
• cute - I won't tell you where I find this. However, no extra credit for the person who gives me this name! You got to try harder (hint hint...I like chocolate).
• teruk - one of the most common descriptions given to me.
• teruk-ly funny - huh? what is this??
• genius - how nice! But this does not earn whoever that gives me this title any extra credit in the the exams or papers.
• incorrigible - well, you can find this expression everywhere in the comments.
• Apostle Lim - I am not going to tell you where I find this!
• weird sense of imagination and humor - huh?
• blooming NT scholar - well, technically not given by a student but a friend.
• Batman in Infinite Crisis - not really a nickname, but it's a title that I am honoured to be tagged by a friend.

I think we better stop somewhere, else something like what is happening below might come true for me!!



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