My response :
‘No thank you , Ma’am!’ . At that the classroom erupted in mirth.
From that moment onwards I started to be know by my shortened Christian name as a ‘handle’, by both staff and students alike. Worse, if Miss F.. wanted to talk to me for a minute , outside class, to get over the Surname/Christian name issue she would refer constantly to me as ‘cat’, somewhat to my chagrin and the amusement of my contemporaries……. these titles became distinguishing features which have stayed with me throughout life!