Sunday, January 31, 2010

what's in a name?

how can i expect my students to do well in school when their names don't even follow basic phonics? their entire foundation for education went wrong at birth!

-jylinn.. pronounced jay-lyn. (also, its a boy)
-nyshira.. aka na-sh-era.
-isaly.. like italy, but with an s.
-marchel.. that would sound like michelle but with mar at the front.
-rayce.. his name is race.
-ashantinika.. say it with me "uh-shon-ti-knee-ka". (we just call her nikki)

and the grand finale (however, this one is courtesy of my sister's classroom and not mine):
la-a..
try it out... la-A, lei-a, lA-uh.. any takers?

her name is "ladasha."
she's trying to figure out how she'll bubble it in on the state test.


ridiculous.

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