Unbelievable, right?

[crashbb]

Well, with great trepidation, I Googled it and got nothing - zero, zip, zilch.

So... How about giving us a link? Since you dared us to Google it all all, I assume you must have a link to the news article naming your former student.

Get it right. It was her friend's mom's former student (why she would be in the classroom of her friend's mom, I have no idea).

 

[Magpie]

Get it right. It was her friend's mom's former student (why she would be in the classroom of her friend's mom, I have no idea).

I stand corrected!

I still want a link, though... (I got mostly rap lyrics when I tried Googling it myself.)

 

[Jennasis]

I stand corrected!

I still want a link, though... (I got mostly rap lyrics when I tried Googling it myself.)

I was unable to find anything on Google either.

 

[disneyjunkie]

We all know why the teacher invited her in the classroom. It was National Make Fun Of Students Day.

 

[princessmom29]

We all know why the teacher invited her in the classroom. It was National Make Fun Of Students Day.

No, I was there picking up some materials for a special ed student in my class. I needed something on a lower reading level for him, and went out of my way to make sure I got it by contacting a primary school techer and driving to pick it up. My point is not to make fun or anyone, but to point out that although you would not choose to name your child that, there are children out there having to live with the embarassment of having such a name. I am not making fun of them, but am sad for them.
FYI, I cannot find the news story about that particular child becuse the news sation only keeps links for 90 days, but I assure you he is real. These kids are real, nad I don't think what is happening to them is fair.

 

[princessmom29]

Get it right. It was her friend's mom's former student (why she would be in the classroom of her friend's mom, I have no idea).

no, it wasn't. Two different children.

 

[Jessica14]

Wow, that joke is inappropriate and not at all funny. It sounds like those horribly racist email joke forwards that float around.

I'm glad you said this! I saw this post and no one had commented on it and I wasn't comfortable saying something right off the bat. Yes, I had heard this before frm my SIL, so now I know its just not real.

I also work with a lot of kids with different names, so I really don't find this all that amusing. The kids are great no matter what their backround.
Jessica

 

[crashbb]

I stand corrected!

I still want a link, though... (I got mostly rap lyrics when I tried Googling it myself.)

Sorry, you were right. I was thinking of the wrong "that word".

I wouldn't hold your breath for the link.

 

[princessmom29]

I'm glad you said this! I saw this post and no one had commented on it and I wasn't comfortable saying something right off the bat. Yes, I had heard this before frm my SIL, so now I know its just not real.

I also work with a lot of kids with different names, so I really don't find this all that amusing. The kids are great no matter what their backround.
Jessica

Again, I at least am not trying to be funny at all. I truly think it is sad that these children are saddled with these names. Can you imagine applying for a job and putting something like that on an application? Getting married? Any of those daily life things that involve putting your name out there. it effects them, wether they admit it or not. It is sad that their parents don't think about that and are trying to be "cute" naming them.

 

[disneyjunkie]

Princessmom, what do you think about the following names? Ayinde, Aziza, Atiya, Amare

 

[princessmom29]

Princessmom, what do you think about the following names? Ayinde, Aziza, Atiya, Amare

Well, they would be diffcult for me to decide on the correct pornounciation upon seeing them, and the child's name would likely be frequently mispronounced, but they have the unusual factor going for them. There wouldn't be 6 people in the class with that name. Honestly, I wouldn't use them, but I could see the appeal to someone else. The names that bother me are the ones I see that contian some sort of deragatory reference that the child has to then deal with for the rest of thier life, or go through a legal name change as an adult. it is not about differnt names or unusual spellings, but saddling a child with a name that immediately has a negative connotation. I don't think iti s fair to the child to do that.

 

[Magpie]

Princessmom, what do you think about the following names? Ayinde, Aziza, Atiya, Amare

What's wrong with Amare? I know a man named Amare, and it's not hard to pronounce. Or any of the others, for that matter?

My daughter's classmates come from all over the world, so some of their names look unusual to me, but they really aren't.

As for other odd names... a guy named "Spawn" opened up a video rental place in our neighbourhood many years back. I assumed it was a nickname until he told me that was actually what his parents had named him. "But I've always been a big guy, so no one's ever given me trouble about it."

I also know a girl named "Clover" and a Chinese woman whose last name is "E". I think your name is whatever you make of it. Peekaboo Street certainly seems to have done well for herself.

Now I need to go clear my cache, because looking up *that* baby name led me to some really ugly boards full of white supremacists snickering over what "they" name their babies. I don't want my kids stumbling across that accidentally.

 

[kwitcherkicken99]

We have a Tequila in our high school, and a Mo-ney at a nearby school.

This week's paper had a part of a baby's name listed as Pagan Rage.

 

[disneyjunkie]

The 4 names I posted are my neices and nephews names. The names are Africian. The kids (boys 13 & 4, girls 11&5) are more than happy to tell their teachers what their names mean and how to pronounce them. Oh My son's name is Tyreak, pronounced Tyriq.

 

[FireDancer]

We have a Tequila in our high school, and a Mo-ney at a nearby school.

This week's paper had a part of a baby's name listed as Pagan Rage.

At a former job we had someone named tequila apply for a job but the name wasn't spelled correctly. I think it was spelled Takila but was pronounced like the drink. She didn't stand a chance because (right or wrong) there is no way the company was going to allow someone with that name to represent them to clients.

Ethnic names are fine but when you start naming your kid after alcohol (and spell it wrong) or anything with negative connotations for some it could cause them problems in the future when they try to enter the work force.

 

[princessmom29]

The 4 names I posted are my neices and nephews names. The names are Africian. The kids (boys 13 & 4, girls 11&5) are more than happy to tell their teachers what their names mean and how to pronounce them. Oh My son's name is Tyreak, pronounced Tyriq.

Agian, don't have a problem asking how to pronounce something, but it does bother me when I cringe at calling a child something becuase of the mental picture it generates, or deragatory idea it carries with it. In fact, I often tell my students to continue to correct me every time I mispronouce a name until I get it right. Somtimes it takes me afew days after a new semester becuse there are 75 kids and one of me, but by the end of the first week I usually have it.

 

[princessmom29]

At a former job we had someone named tequila apply for a job but the name wasn't spelled correctly. I think it was spelled Takila but was pronounced like the drink. She didn't stand a chance because (right or wrong) there is no way the company was going to allow someone with that name to represent them to clients.

Ethnic names are fine but when you start naming your kid after alcohol (and spell it wrong) or anything with negative connotations for some it could cause them problems in the future when they try to enter the work force.

this is exactly the point i am trying to make. There is NOTHING wrong with a nethnic name, or an unusal spelling. I have a problem with naming achild something that sends thier alpplication directly to the NO pile.
As to spelling and pronounciations: I have several kids with Gaelic names that I struggle with as well. While i love the sound of them, and have Gaelic heritage, I chose not to use them because I didn't want my child's name constantly mispronounced.

 

[Magpie]

At a former job we had someone named tequila apply for a job but the name wasn't spelled correctly. I think it was spelled Takila but was pronounced like the drink. She didn't stand a chance because (right or wrong) there is no way the company was going to allow someone with that name to represent them to clients.

Ethnic names are fine but when you start naming your kid after alcohol (and spell it wrong) or anything with negative connotations for some it could cause them problems in the future when they try to enter the work force.

I'm appalled that ANY reputable business would base their hiring decisions on a woman's first name, especially a relatively common one like Takila. A quick web search turned up several perfectly respectable Takilas, including Sgt. Takila Addison who was on Oprah. (http://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/Sgt-Takila-Addison-Explains-Military-Life-For-Women)

It's a good thing the US Military isn't as blatantly biased as your former employer! (And Takila's probably better off without that job anyway.)

 

[Liberty Belle]

Exactly. Unbelievable.

 

[FireDancer]

I'm appalled that ANY reputable business would base their hiring decisions on a woman's first name, especially a relatively common one like Takila. A quick web search turned up several perfectly respectable Takilas, including Sgt. Takila Addison who was on Oprah. (http://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/Sgt-Takila-Addison-Explains-Military-Life-For-Women)

It's a good thing the US Military isn't as blatantly biased as your former employer! (And Takila's probably better off without that job anyway.)

It is what it is. The position required a lot of first contact with potential customers so that first impression mattered. If the person was named Bud Light or Miller High Life they'd have the same problem I'm sure.

If you are going to name your kid something like Princess Sparkle or anything else extremely odd it very well might cause them issues down the road job wise depending on what career they want to pursue.