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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Teachers especially need to get it together when it comes to names. I teach high school, and recently wrote down a kids name in front of her - common enough name, unique spelling. Her face absolutely lit up "you spelled it right!! Teachers NEVER spell it right!" It's not that hard to learn a name and spell it correctly. I also always ask if I'm pronouncing it right, and write it down phonetically until I remember it correctly. Basic human respect.[/quote]
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Our kids attend a very diverse HS and each year, at graduation, I am awed by one teacher who flies, properly and respectfully through them. Turns out, when they come to pick up their grad ceremony tickets, he asks for it sloooowly, makes phonetic notes for himself, and even records the ones he struggles with if he's not already had them for the core subject he teaches. To see kids who've had their names butchered for years....have it spoken like it should be for their moment of glory is :)[/quote]

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