nd when others try to use this nickname I do not like it. When other people, who are not as good of friends of mine, use the nickname it's almost like a mockery. They think just because others use the nickname that it's a free-for-all basically. Well, it's not. Those people who use it all know that I think very highly of my religion and that I'm proud to be a Jew. I tell people about my religion because nobody knows about it (at least in the high school I go to), and although I do not try to be so solemn about my religion, as I would be at Temple for example, I do not purposely try to demote it and make it ignoble. I am proud to be Jewish, but when others use Jew Josh erroneously, I am not very happy.
Monday, December 22, 2008
Memoirs of Jew: Part III
One of my new nicknames at school is "Jew Josh," and I personally think it's quite funny. Just the order and verbalization of those two words together makes me laugh, and I think it's funny how my nickname came to be like this. But a nickname is only a nickname if only a few people use it. There are only a handful of people who I really think can call be Jew Josh, a
nd when others try to use this nickname I do not like it. When other people, who are not as good of friends of mine, use the nickname it's almost like a mockery. They think just because others use the nickname that it's a free-for-all basically. Well, it's not. Those people who use it all know that I think very highly of my religion and that I'm proud to be a Jew. I tell people about my religion because nobody knows about it (at least in the high school I go to), and although I do not try to be so solemn about my religion, as I would be at Temple for example, I do not purposely try to demote it and make it ignoble. I am proud to be Jewish, but when others use Jew Josh erroneously, I am not very happy.
nd when others try to use this nickname I do not like it. When other people, who are not as good of friends of mine, use the nickname it's almost like a mockery. They think just because others use the nickname that it's a free-for-all basically. Well, it's not. Those people who use it all know that I think very highly of my religion and that I'm proud to be a Jew. I tell people about my religion because nobody knows about it (at least in the high school I go to), and although I do not try to be so solemn about my religion, as I would be at Temple for example, I do not purposely try to demote it and make it ignoble. I am proud to be Jewish, but when others use Jew Josh erroneously, I am not very happy.
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