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billybrobby



Joined: 09 Dec 2004

PostPosted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 8:07 pm    Post subject: Student Name of the Month Reply with quote

I'm not in the teaching biz, so I don't know how often you get the opportunity, but I know sometimes teachers get to name their students. So I think each month, as many teachers as possible should conspire to name their students the Name of the Month.

March's Name of the Month: Condoleeza

By the end of March, I want at least 6 new Condoleezas.
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aldershot



Joined: 17 Jul 2006

PostPosted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 8:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i once named two newcomers to my elementary class "Luke" and "Skywalker".

i also had a "Spiderman" but after two weeks the korean teachers changed the lad's name.
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Oreovictim



Joined: 23 Aug 2006

PostPosted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 8:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

My coworker and I had a bet to see who could name a kid "Millhouse" first. He won. I feel too guilty giving them a weird name, so I'll put some funny ones down on paper with some normal ones.

My coworker named some kids Captain Kirk, Spock, Robot, and Cheeto.
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okokok



Joined: 27 Aug 2006

PostPosted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 8:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

But.......... Crying or Very sad my name's Milhouse! Crying or Very sad
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kermo



Joined: 01 Sep 2004
Location: Eating eggs, with a comb, out of a shoe.

PostPosted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 8:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Oreovictim wrote:
My coworker and I had a bet to see who could name a kid "Millhouse" first. He won. I feel too guilty giving them a weird name, so I'll put some funny ones down on paper with some normal ones.

My coworker named some kids Captain Kirk, Spock, Robot, and Cheeto.


Robot isn't so bad at all. Koreans tend to write the name "Robert" in Hangul virtually the same way.
Spock though... that one's irredeemable.
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Demonicat



Joined: 18 Nov 2004
Location: Suwon

PostPosted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 8:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I typically go ethnic. They want an American name, I make sure they have a good mix between WASP (John, paul, Harold), Latino (Esteban, Pablo, Ricardo), Black nationalist (Mohammed, Jamal, Kimshawnwa), Hillbilly (Zeke, Jebidiah, Jethro), or whatever else. I mean, really- when the kid gets older and enters the professional market, or goes to school internationally, they're going to use their Korean name- it just makes more sense than someone saying, "Hi, My name is Soo-Hyun, but everyone calls me Betty".
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Omkara



Joined: 18 Feb 2006
Location: USA

PostPosted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 8:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I went with the bumpkin names, like Billy-Bob, Gunther, Jethro, Jud....
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Brady



Joined: 25 Jul 2006
Location: Bucheon

PostPosted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 9:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I named a kid Nemo yesterday.
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jaganath69



Joined: 17 Jul 2003

PostPosted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 11:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I name mine after Sopranos characters. So far I have Tony, Pauly Walnuts, and Sal.
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enns



Joined: 02 May 2006

PostPosted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 12:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Some of my favourites: Sonic, Enos, Scooter, Queenie, Spike
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ForceOne



Joined: 25 Aug 2005

PostPosted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 12:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

This month I had a LeBron and a Dr. J
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Yu_Bum_suk



Joined: 25 Dec 2004

PostPosted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 2:48 am    Post subject: Re: Student Name of the Month Reply with quote

billybrobby wrote:
I'm not in the teaching biz, so I don't know how often you get the opportunity, but I know sometimes teachers get to name their students. So I think each month, as many teachers as possible should conspire to name their students the Name of the Month.

March's Name of the Month: Condoleeza

By the end of March, I want at least 6 new Condoleezas.


I'll have the chance to name / rename scores of them the week after next but I can't see Condi working. I once tried to name the only student at the school taller than me Venus and, well, 'Venus ugly ... no like...' (care to guess why?).
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yingwenlaoshi



Joined: 12 Feb 2007
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 2:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I named a student "Dexter", the serial killer who kills serial killers.

Thinking of naming any new students after serial killers. I could have a serial killer class.

Manson, Bundy, etc.

Hee hee hee ha ha.
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hossenfeffer



Joined: 07 Oct 2006

PostPosted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 3:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I gave the students a chance to pick their own name (as homework). The deal was, come to the next class with an English name or I will choose one for you.

I named boys: Smedley, Bertram, Sylvester, Chester, Fester, Rupert, and Obediah.

I named girls: Gertrude, Ethel, Bertha, and Chloe.

No offense to anyone reading this whose name is on the list.

hoss
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Horangi Munshin



Joined: 06 Apr 2003
Location: Busan

PostPosted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 3:10 am    Post subject: Re: Student Name of the Month Reply with quote

Yu_Bum_suk wrote:
billybrobby wrote:
I'm not in the teaching biz, so I don't know how often you get the opportunity, but I know sometimes teachers get to name their students. So I think each month, as many teachers as possible should conspire to name their students the Name of the Month.

March's Name of the Month: Condoleeza

By the end of March, I want at least 6 new Condoleezas.


I'll have the chance to name / rename scores of them the week after next but I can't see Condi working. I once tried to name the only student at the school taller than me Venus and, well, 'Venus ugly ... no like...' (care to guess why?).


I'm guessing the kid knows the tennis playing sisters.
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