Return-Path: <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.9.3/8.9.0.Beta5/980425bjb) with SMTP id XAA07017; Tue, 16 May 2000 23:27:18 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 23:27:18 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.20000517132557.00793300@pop.ozemail.com.au> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Jennifer Forth <jforth@ozemail.com.au> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:4484] RE: "English"-only names X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.6 (32) Status: O Content-Length: 753 Lines: 15 I am often reminded of a situation a friend faced in high school when a student gives me their more Western-sounding name. My friend Beth was forever criticized by a little old nun who would complain that she filled out standardized forms wrong. Beth would always put "Beth" as her first name and the nun was convinced it should be "Elizabeth". Imagine questioning a teenager about whether s/he really knows his/her own name. You can imagine the nun's surprise two years later when Beth's sister Lisa was in her class! Changing names is silly for most of us, but sometimes students don't like their real name and a chance to share a name with a movie star or athlete has an appeal. I find most don't change and it isn't an issue for those who did.
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