Hello My Name Is...

Apparently my name is hard to pronounce. Either people are too impatient to take a moment to read my name or they are just plain illiterate. Jamila is not hard to say, but others make it so. Here is a list of things I have been called.

• Jamilia
• Jalila
• Jamalia
• Jamila, but sounded out like Hamila

And the best one... Jamaica. This one started out in English class. We were inputting our courses for the next year and the counselor that was there called me Jamaica. Is it that difficult to read!!! How did you get out of kindergarten? Today, it's a running joke in my class. Everyone including the teacher calls me Jamaica, mon!

I feel this song to be fitting.