Do you stop and go "uh help me with this one. I don't want to slaughter the pronounciation" or do you just go ahead and wing it because you don't care about offending the young person?
Do you stop and go "uh help me with this one. I don't want to slaughter the pronounciation" or do you just go ahead and wing it because you don't care about offending the young person?
I preemptively say, "I apologize if I mispronounce your name, but please correct me and I'll be sure to get it right tomorrow". Then when they correct me I phonetically jot it down.
Let's be honest, probably happens all the time to them.
What's so hard about pronouncing a few last names like Vithakamontri, Intarakumnerd, or Chongsithiphol?
Make up a nickname for them
Wowwwdude wrote:
I preemptively say, "I apologize if I mispronounce your name, but please correct me and I'll be sure to get it right tomorrow". Then when they correct me I phonetically jot it down.
Let's be honest, probably happens all the time to them.
I do basically the same thing.
First day of practice I tell the kids if your first name has more than two vowels, they don’t pay me enough to get it straight and you are getting a nickname. White kids I’ll call something like Goober or Whitey or Rat. Black kids get called Buckwheat or Hardtime or State time. Jewish kids get called Son of Sam, Muslim kids get called Osama! Hispanics called Pancho Villa. Fat kids are named Hambone or Porkchop. Kids with disabilities get called Psycho or Mad dog.
It is all in fun.’ Kids love it.
I ask them, "How do you pronounce your name? I don't want to mess it up.
If an average American teacher cannot pronounce your name on the first try, you deserve to be deported. If you were born here, and your parents gave you an unpronounceable name, then you and your parents should be deported to their home country.
“Hey you “ works on all occasions .
First day of class, I pass out a get to know you/prior knowledge assessment assignment. Tucked in the questions is "What name should I call you and how do you pronounce it?"
lehrski wrote:
First day of class, I pass out a get to know you/prior knowledge assessment assignment. Tucked in the questions is "What name should I call you and how do you pronounce it?"
I used to do this too. Then, last semester, I had a kid who identified as "unpronounceable." But the economy is so good now that I was only unemployed for a short time.
Never take roll/attendance in 'public'.
Before practice formally starts, walk up to as many athletes as possible, make introductions, give your name, request your name - - - just like a professional networking session. If you don't get the entire team, then just wait until warmups, drills, or some other time to meet/greet the remaining athletes. Continue this each day until all names are memorized.
After names are memorized continue interacting one-on-one throughout the season.
It usually is a simple Indian name like Rahul that I get wrong because it can actually be said a number of ways based on the students family (Rah-hole, Rahool, Raul, etc). I'm fine with that, whatever.
This one, however, frustrated the crap out of me. White girl in class, name spelled "Kany". I end up saying it wrong, with some serious attitude received from her bc her name is so obviously simple.
"Connie"
I'm the idiot.
I had student whose name was spelled La-a.
Pronunciation was Ladasha.
Really? You had an urban myth for a student? Well, lucky you.
Is there a rule against attaching a helium balloon to yourself while running a road race?
How rare is it to run a sub 5 minute mile AND bench press 225?
Jakob Ingebrigtsen has a 1989 Ferrari 348 GTB and he's just put in paperwork to upgrade it
Am I living in the twilight zone? The Boston Marathon weather was terrible!
Move over Mark Coogan, Rojo and John Kellogg share their 3 favorite mile workouts
Mark Coogan says that if you could only do 3 workouts as a 1500m runner you should do these