How annoyed would you be if the school kept getting your child's name wrong?

[Anonymous]

It's March and my child has been attending her preschool five mornings per week since September. Her artwork has pretty consistently come home with either the wrong variation of her name, or that wrong variation corrected to reflect the right variation. I consider it a completely different name, not a spelling mistake - it has a different pronunciation. Think "Christian" vs. "Christopher".

This past week we got something home with "Christian/Christopher" written on the artwork. WTF???? For some reason this set me over the edge. I can understand (sort of) making mistakes constantly with some kind of effort to fix them - or not noticing them - but who writes two different names with a slash in between on a 2 year old's artwork????

We are already switching schools - is this worth complaining about or should I just let it go? I'm getting inreasingly annoyed at the situation but also feel some responsibility as I have never actually voiced my concern to anyone and have just been passive aggressive about it.

[Anonymous]

I'm usually pretty lax with name stuff but this would bug me. The christian/christopher is like writing "I do not know this child's name...maybe something with a C?....but I do not care to find out".

[Anonymous]

I'd be pretty irritated and I would let them know. I'd be concerned with what they call your 2 year old when they speak with him/her. At 2 they are old enough to know their own name.

[Anonymous]

how is it possible she has been there 6 months and they dont know her name? how many kids are in the class? if they wrote the name with a slash, they wouldn't ask the office, knowing you'd see it?

that's super weird.
- daycare mom

[Anonymous]

Is the name foreign

[Anonymous]

Ok, maybe I gave a bad example because the example is more different than reality (I was having trouble!). The names are Caroline and Carolyn. My daughter's name is Caroline and her work often comes home with Carolyn or Carol(ine written over yn). And then this latest one was Carolyn/Caroline. Would you still say something?

Btw, there are 10 kids in the class. You would THINK someone would ask the office?? I'm just so confused.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ok, maybe I gave a bad example because the example is more different than reality (I was having trouble!). The names are Caroline and Carolyn. My daughter's name is Caroline and her work often comes home with Carolyn or Carol(ine written over yn). And then this latest one was Carolyn/Caroline. Would you still say something?

Btw, there are 10 kids in the class. You would THINK someone would ask the office?? I'm just so confused.

Ok, so the names can be spelled in multiple ways, but it would still irk me that the teachers haven't bothered to check. Not only is it rude in general, but they are dealing with a 2 year old who is just learning letters and how to spell HER OWN NAME!

[Anonymous]

I would say something. It is not acceptable that they do not know her name in March. If you would prefer to be passive aggressive, start calling the teachers by the wrong name.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ok, maybe I gave a bad example because the example is more different than reality (I was having trouble!). The names are Caroline and Carolyn. My daughter's name is Caroline and her work often comes home with Carolyn or Carol(ine written over yn). And then this latest one was Carolyn/Caroline. Would you still say something?

Btw, there are 10 kids in the class. You would THINK someone would ask the office?? I'm just so confused.

This would bug the ever living shit out of me. Totally justified in your annoyance OP. And I agree it is quite confusing, Caroline is a not an uncommon name these days.

[Anonymous]

I'm the 14:57 poster, and I'd still be irritated. If it were the first or maybe even second week, I would correct it and let it go. But now, after this long, and them having only 10 kids? I would be irritated.

[Anonymous]

A friend of mine had the exact same problem with her Carolyn becoming Caroline at daycare. I would absolutely say something. My friend's daughter wound up insisting she be called by the wrong name.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ok, maybe I gave a bad example because the example is more different than reality (I was having trouble!). The names are Caroline and Carolyn. My daughter's name is Caroline and her work often comes home with Carolyn or Carol(ine written over yn). And then this latest one was Carolyn/Caroline. Would you still say something?

Btw, there are 10 kids in the class. You would THINK someone would ask the office?? I'm just so confused.

My daughter has a name like that, get used to it. My name is Michelle (think one l or two ls) I still have close friends who misspell it.

Get over it, it will happen all her life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ok, maybe I gave a bad example because the example is more different than reality (I was having trouble!). The names are Caroline and Carolyn. My daughter's name is Caroline and her work often comes home with Carolyn or Carol(ine written over yn). And then this latest one was Carolyn/Caroline. Would you still say something?

Btw, there are 10 kids in the class. You would THINK someone would ask the office?? I'm just so confused.

My daughter has a name like that, get used to it. My name is Michelle (think one l or two ls) I still have close friends who misspell it.

Get over it, it will happen all her life.

But this isn't a spelling issue (although when you are teaching kids to spell their names, as someone mentioned above, that too is a problem) - it's the wrong name. It has a different pronunciation. I also have a name like yours that can be spelled with one or two ls, and that is really not the same situation here.

[Anonymous]

It's pretty irritating, and I would hate that my kid's artwork would forever have "Carolyn/Caroline" written on it. WTF?

no, this is not the end of the world, but it is rude. Sounds like you are leaving anyway though.

[Anonymous]

This would not bother me. My son's name has two possible spellings and it often gets spelled the wrong one on drawings, even though we use the more common one. This is not the hill I want to die on, personally. I care more that they don't give my other allergic kid peanuts, you know what I mean? In the grand scheme of things, the name issue is not on my radar.