Teachers: It’s mid-March. Please spell my child’s name correctly already!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you want that level of individualized attention, go private.

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No such luck. Have a kid in private and a lot of things come back spelled wrong, even awards from the front office.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I used to live in a Spanish speaking country and I have an English name that is so hard for Spanish speakers to pronounce. I understood that they were doing their best. It wasn’t a micro aggression against me. Many of them would use the coordinating Spanish name instead of my own. I was also fine with that. Sometimes we just need to have some flexibility with people.

Good example!!

Similar. My DC has a very simple, three-letter name, and a teacher for whom English is a second language sometimes pronounces it correctly, sometimes not. No big deal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DH misspells my name all the time. Think Michelle vs Michele. At a certain point, what can you do.

OK, now *that's* bad.

[Anonymous]

I am a teacher. It is important to me to always spell and pronounce names correctly, but I am human and make mistakes.

In a chat response to a student one day in class, I accidentally typed, "Yes, Sophe, we are currently working on ______." I immediately corrected myself and wrote "*Sophie," but I still got an "email of concern" from the child's mother regarding my inability to spell her daughter's name. I know how to spell Sophie's name; it was a typo to leave out the "i."

I will admit that I have made mistakes with spelling nicknames this year because I never see the students write their own name on papers, so when I have Zac, Zak, Zack, and Zach; Jessi, Jessie, and Jessy; Allie and Aly; Katie and Katy; and Izzie, Izzy, and Izzi, it can be confusing. I have just over 150 students, so I do occasionally make mistakes with nicknames.



My grandmother, who only had 9 grandchildren total, never learned how to spell my name. This is not my name, but it is as though my name is Katharine, and my grandmother always spelled it Catherine. And this wasn't due to dementia or lack of contact with her. I saw her at least once per month for the vast majority of my life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m a teacher. Can YOU get my name correct please? I understand I have a long ethnic last name but you can’t just say f!ck it and call me Mrs. P. It isn’t cute, it is lazy and disrespectful. I rather you ask how to pronounce it every time I see you or you say it incorrectly and I nicely correct you. Thanks!

Yes! My last name is easy, and is spelled correctly in my email signature, but I still get emails with the wrong spelling.

My last name is similar to Richards, but I get emails addressed Richerd, Roberts, and Richardson.

I also get emails addressed to "Miss Richards," which is not my title. If a parent isn't sure which title to use, I'd prefer Ms. to be used.

In addition, I get emails using my first name in the salutation. I find that inappropriate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I love teachers, and I know it’s been a long, hard year so far. I know my kid’s “foreign” name is not one you’re used to. But it’s mid-March! Can you spell the name correctly already?!? It means a lot to my child and when you get it wrong, they think you don’t care enough to try to get it right, no matter how much I try to reassure them.

Thanks for listening and maybe being a tiny bit more careful.

Where is the teacher writing it wrong? I rarely find the need to write student’s names out, and when I do it’s usually emailing the parent, so the student wouldn’t know I got it wrong unless you told them. I’m not saying it’s ok to spell it wrong, I’m just curious.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you want that level of individualized attention, go private.

Ffs, a teacher should be intelligent and capable enough to learn a child's name!

FFS, if it's that important to you, choose a simple name with a simple spelling.

+1 gazillion.
What's with those special snowflakes and their even more special snowflake spawn?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am a teacher. It is important to me to always spell and pronounce names correctly, but I am human and make mistakes.

In a chat response to a student one day in class, I accidentally typed, "Yes, Sophe, we are currently working on ______." I immediately corrected myself and wrote "*Sophie," but I still got an "email of concern" from the child's mother regarding my inability to spell her daughter's name. I know how to spell Sophie's name; it was a typo to leave out the "i."

I will admit that I have made mistakes with spelling nicknames this year because I never see the students write their own name on papers, so when I have Zac, Zak, Zack, and Zach; Jessi, Jessie, and Jessy; Allie and Aly; Katie and Katy; and Izzie, Izzy, and Izzi, it can be confusing. I have just over 150 students, so I do occasionally make mistakes with nicknames.



My grandmother, who only had 9 grandchildren total, never learned how to spell my name. This is not my name, but it is as though my name is Katharine, and my grandmother always spelled it Catherine. And this wasn't due to dementia or lack of contact with her. I saw her at least once per month for the vast majority of my life.

What grade do you teach? My child's in 7th and there's no way in hell I'll be reading her communication with her teachers, not to mention sending a teacher 'an email of concern'. Helicopter parents these days...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I love teachers, and I know it’s been a long, hard year so far. I know my kid’s “foreign” name is not one you’re used to. But it’s mid-March! Can you spell the name correctly already?!? It means a lot to my child and when you get it wrong, they think you don’t care enough to try to get it right, no matter how much I try to reassure them.

Thanks for listening and maybe being a tiny bit more careful.

self-centered much? next time call your child "Jane" or "Mary" and it will not be mislepped.

signed. foreign parent of a child with a name spelled differently than in English, who understands and accepts the fact that many use the English spelling

[Anonymous]

I think it's funny that people who are using the whitiest whitey white names are saying that having their name typoed doesn't affect them, so it shouldn't affect anyone.

Of course. More often than not, people here will get "Beth" right, and you've never had a teacher say "oh, I don't know if I can say this one! It's so hard!", another child making fun of your name, or having your name called "exotic" or "interesting."

[Anonymous]

Spelling and pronouncing your child’s name correctly is important! The teacher should make an effort to get it right. I have a unique name that is “ethnic” I pit put that in quotes because in the US it is but not in other parts of the world. As a female it was unique that my grandmother, mother and I and now my daughter all have the same first name so it is a part of my family history. Teach your child to be proud of their name and when anyone misspells it or says it incorrectly they should immediately correct the person.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love teachers, and I know it’s been a long, hard year so far. I know my kid’s “foreign” name is not one you’re used to. But it’s mid-March! Can you spell the name correctly already?!? It means a lot to my child and when you get it wrong, they think you don’t care enough to try to get it right, no matter how much I try to reassure them.

Thanks for listening and maybe being a tiny bit more careful.

self-centered much? next time call your child "Jane" or "Mary" and it will not be mislepped.

signed. foreign parent of a child with a name spelled differently than in English, who understands and accepts the fact that many use the English spelling

No they are not self centered why can’t the teacher make an effort to honor a child’s name by spelling it and pronouncing it correctly. Why do people have to change their names so that others can spell it. What time period are you living in?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Spelling and pronouncing your child’s name correctly is important! The teacher should make an effort to get it right. I have a unique name that is “ethnic” I pit put that in quotes because in the US it is but not in other parts of the world. As a female it was unique that my grandmother, mother and I and now my daughter all have the same first name so it is a part of my family history. Teach your child to be proud of their name and when anyone misspells it or says it incorrectly they should immediately correct the person.

Maybe chill out and realize people make mistakes? Like when someone writes a typo using “pit” instead of “put”. It’s harmless error and usually not intentional. Not everything is a freaking slight, snowflakes

[Anonymous]

God everyone here is dense or deliberately talking past each other. There are two conversations going on, which are not actually in conflict.

1. Making an uncharacteristic mistake is not malicious.
2. Not making a sincere effort is a microaggression.

Everyone here is claiming that one is the other, when literally these things can both be true.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I love teachers, and I know it’s been a long, hard year so far. I know my kid’s “foreign” name is not one you’re used to. But it’s mid-March! Can you spell the name correctly already?!? It means a lot to my child and when you get it wrong, they think you don’t care enough to try to get it right, no matter how much I try to reassure them.

Thanks for listening and maybe being a tiny bit more careful.

I purposefully say some names improperly and blame it on my immigrant a55


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