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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You might have been at the same graduation. I also noticed that about the AAPI graduates and no effort being made to pronounce the names correctly and the lack of recognition of National Merit Semifinalists/Finalists and Presidential Scholar Finalists and even musical achievements.

It seemed purposely planned not to have recognition of AAPI graduates which was upsetting.[/quote]

I don't think it is reasonable to expect teachers and administrators to be able to pronounce all these unusual names. [/quote]

I think a lot of the complaints in this thread are overwrought, but I think it's very reasonable to expect a kid's name to be pronounced correctly at graduation. At my kids' school, we have a lot of kids whose families come from all over the world, including a lot of Asian kids. The administrator who announces the names starts practicing for graduation in (I think) March. They have the graduating seniors provide a phonetic spelling of their names to help make sure he gets it right. [/quote]

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