“His name is NOT Larlo A!”

[Anonymous]

This is the subject line of an email I just got. The student is one of two Larlos in the same class of and one of four that I teach currently. There’s a fifth “pronounced Larlo” but kre8tivleigh spelled with an X and two Ns. I call them Larlo A, Larlo E, Larlo M...

The kicker is that I’ve been emailing mom and dad for eight weeks about missing work and Larlo A only attending class for 2-3 min before turning his camera off and not answering when I call him or send a message in chat. Mom didn’t address the academic issues, just that she’s sick of me calling him Larlo A and wants me to call him Larlo period.

My hope is that once I drop the A, he’ll start doing his work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is the subject line of an email I just got. The student is one of two Larlos in the same class of and one of four that I teach currently. There’s a fifth “pronounced Larlo” but kre8tivleigh spelled with an X and two Ns. I call them Larlo A, Larlo E, Larlo M...

The kicker is that I’ve been emailing mom and dad for eight weeks about missing work and Larlo A only attending class for 2-3 min before turning his camera off and not answering when I call him or send a message in chat. Mom didn’t address the academic issues, just that she’s sick of me calling him Larlo A and wants me to call him Larlo period.

My hope is that once I drop the A, he’ll start doing his work.

In your emails to them you’re calling him “Larlo A”? Or she wants you to stop calling him that in class?

[Anonymous]

Nutters gonna nut.

[Anonymous]

fail him? you warned mom, she didn't care

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is the subject line of an email I just got. The student is one of two Larlos in the same class of and one of four that I teach currently. There’s a fifth “pronounced Larlo” but kre8tivleigh spelled with an X and two Ns. I call them Larlo A, Larlo E, Larlo M...

The kicker is that I’ve been emailing mom and dad for eight weeks about missing work and Larlo A only attending class for 2-3 min before turning his camera off and not answering when I call him or send a message in chat. Mom didn’t address the academic issues, just that she’s sick of me calling him Larlo A and wants me to call him Larlo period.

My hope is that once I drop the A, he’ll start doing his work.

In your emails to them you’re calling him “Larlo A”? Or she wants you to stop calling him that in class?

No, I call him that in class. I guess she hears me calling him when I try to engage him in the lesson. Good to know someone is on the other side of the screen. It’s just a black box because his camera is off.

[Anonymous]

How tempted are you to write back a reply along the lines of, “If you didn’t want your snowflake to be called Larlo A, you should have given him a less basic name?”

[Anonymous]

Can you just start calling him Larlo Lastname? Because she can’t deny that they IS his name.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can you just start calling him Larlo Lastname? Because she can’t deny that they IS his name.

*that

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can you just start calling him Larlo Lastname? Because she can’t deny that they IS his name.

Just call him by his last name only, like the principal in Breakfast Club.

[Anonymous]

Just call him Larlo. That's not a big deal one way or the other. It won't fix any problems but it won't cause them either.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can you just start calling him Larlo Lastname? Because she can’t deny that they IS his name.

+10000

It sounds like you’re dealing with quality parents right there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just call him Larlo. That's not a big deal one way or the other. It won't fix any problems but it won't cause them either.

In a class with another Larlo?

[Anonymous]

I'd tell the parent that just using Larlo in class isn't an option, since there is another child with that name, then ask if they have another preference. Larlo Lastname? Larlo Middlename? A nickname like Larly?

[Anonymous]

Hahaha Jaxxonn?

Just call him full first and last name. You could try to explain that there are two Jacksons in the class, but that would probably be like talking to a brick wall. No need to waste the effort.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just call him Larlo. That's not a big deal one way or the other. It won't fix any problems but it won't cause them either.

In a class with another Larlo?

Is your opinion of children really that low?