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

[Anonymous]

Is the teacher pronouncing it correctly? If so, I think you really need to teach your child to look the other way.

My name is Sarah- it gets misspelled at least 50% of the time. It used to frustrate me, but my parents taught me not to worry about it and explained that some people just don't think about it or find it important. My son's name is Zac. Like my name, it is constantly misspelled. Sometimes we laugh that teachers will spell it differently within the same note or email.

My point is that regardless of what your name is, people will misspell it and it is not a sign that they do not care. I would work with your child on learning to laugh at it, rather than feeling sad. It is going to be happening their whole life, so it is better to start dealing with it now. Trust me, the person at Starbucks is not going to worry about spelling the name correctly on the side of the cup!

[Anonymous]

I have a coworker whose name is Megan, but she pronounces it Meeegan. She will stop meetings to let people know they're being rude and pronouncing her name incorrectly. People from other companies who have never met her! I'm so sick of it and wish her parents had at least spelled her name to match the pronunciation she wants. Once a guy asked if she was joking and she really pronounced it that way.

[Anonymous]

I have a boring name, one of the most popular 80s names. I spell it the boring way and it's sill often misspelled. I blame all the kre8tive spellers out there who have made it hard on everyone. Think: Amy. But instead of being spelled the normal way I see Aimee, Amie, Aimy, Emmy, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a boring name, one of the most popular 80s names. I spell it the boring way and it's sill often misspelled. I blame all the kre8tive spellers out there who have made it hard on everyone. Think: Amy. But instead of being spelled the normal way I see Aimee, Amie, Aimy, Emmy, etc.

I have a boring popular 70s name with an ethnic spelling that is very rare. Someone at Starbucks spelled it right on a cup like 4 years ago and it still freaks me out when I think about it. How did she know my name? Was she psychic? A stalker? A really bad speller? I don’t think she’s of the ethnic group that would spell it that way, but maybe?

Anyway, back to the OP, it’s annoying, but your kid might as well get used to having their name spelled wrong. It will be a lifelong issue.

[Anonymous]

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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.

Wheee racism

[Anonymous]

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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 have a very basic name not complicated at all and people misspell it all the time! This is from family members as well as strangers. Misspelling a name does not mean your teachers don't care. Try to be less sensitive and let it roll off their backs. This is such small potatoes.

It is NOT SMALL POTATOES a persons name is their identity.

Resiliency is an important skill set. Teaching your kid that their name is their identity and a misspelling or a mispronunciation means they are not cared for is a huge mistake and sets your kid up for difficulties in life. Far better to teach them that people are imperfect and mistakes will be made, and things like that do not change who they are or their value in this world.

After 6 months it is a big deal. Add in the name being foreign. Add in the teacher being white in my school district this would be dealt with very seriously to include a lot of additional education for the teacher.

[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.

My name is Linda. My children are Carl and Connie.

[Anonymous]

For those of you who think it's not a big deal, I assume you are unaware that children with ethnic names are commonly mispronounced and that it's a microaggression.

I also assume that you completely missed the point of that A-Aron sketch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dd7FixvoKBw&ab_channel=ComedyCentral

[Anonymous]

That is a textbook microaggression and the teacher and everyone above her needs to be called out for it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

My name is Linda. My children are Carl and Connie.

Could be Lynda, Karl, Konnie, you never can be too sure these days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For those of you who think it's not a big deal, I assume you are unaware that children with ethnic names are commonly mispronounced and that it's a microaggression.

I also assume that you completely missed the point of that A-Aron sketch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dd7FixvoKBw&ab_channel=ComedyCentral

OP didn't say the name was mispronounced, only that it was misspelled.

[Anonymous]

If it is just misspelled and not mispronounced, that is not microaggression! Or, half the country would be getting mad.

Like the Sarah above, I have a very common name that is misspelled the majority of the time. My daughter is Sophia- also constantly misspelled.

We need to pick and choose what to be upset about and I believe this is something a child can learn to deal with if a parent helps.

[Anonymous]

So mistakes are now micro aggressions? Jesus.

[Anonymous]

I have misspelled names when either the secretary inputted the name in our system incorrectly or the parent spelled it incorrectly when they registered.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Wheee racism

No, reality. If I move somewhere where they speak a different language, use different phonetics, etc., it will hardly be surprising that someone might mispronounce or misspell my name. I am sorry, we have people from all over the world living here and it is not racist to misspell their name.