I remember my first day at Northeast Prep I was a sophomore in high school. The teacher called the attendance; she came across my name and said “Dik-ia”. The students all of a sudden commence into laughter. Although I figured she was talking about me, I did not respond considering I was not for sure whom she was talking about until she said my last name. I corrected her even though I was somewhat self-conscious, yet she did not mean any harm. Subsequently that day they the students made fun of my name and continually call me Dik-ia. I honestly dislike when peers say my name wrong, it has five letters and two syllables (De-kia) it is not difficult to say.