August 24, 2023

Sometimes, when your parents spell your name incorrectly, you spend way too much time correcting people’s pronunciation until you just don’t care anymore. Before you were a teacher, you always put extra effort into pronouncing people’s names correctly, because you KNOW the feeling when you’re called (literally) the WRONG name. THEN, you become a teacher and it really begins to matter…a lot. This year, I have over 1,000 students, I made the decision to use name tags, and I’ve made my own pronunciation guide for those kiddos whose parents spelled their names incorrectly, or have culturally different names. I also made a pronunciation guide for my kiddos so they know how to say my name. We also pantomime driving a car and playing a violin. These kiddos KNOW my name this year, and that makes me happy. It’s gonna be a good year. #dailyelementarymusings #itshouldbespelledcarlynn #pleasedonttellmyparents