Sunday, September 4, 2011

Putting me in charge of naming kids....

....was probably a very bad decision. I'm giving all of my students English names, and I get to choose them, which means there's going to be some awesome names in my class. On the guys' side: Odin, Thor, Loki, Mal, Wash, Jayne, Bruce, Wayne, Quint, Snow, Perrin, Archer, Lando, Han, Neville, Bast, and quite a few others. For the girls: Kaylee, Zoe, River, Inara, Penny, Elayne, Denna, Arya, Sansa, Val, Leia, Alanna. (if you can name the TV show, movie or book where each of these comes from, I'll give you a star-buck--seriously)

I'm trying to learn all the kids' Chinese names before I give them English names, but it's really hard. It's difficult for even local teachers to learn all the students' names quickly, and I'm trying to do it in a foreign language....it's tough, but I'm almost there. I'm just really looking forward to being able to ask a question, and then call on Quint , Odin, or Arya to answer it. Other TFC fellows are giving their students similarly interesting names; there's a Batman, a McNulty (the Wire), and a McLovin (Superbad) to name a few.

I just hope all of my students will know and be able to pronounce all of their names in two weeks....we'll see how that goes.

4 comments:

  1. Hey, she gets sorta ok eventually, and I'm really not working with that many options for the female names--things I watch/read tend to have male main characters... and it's not like I'm gonna name a kid cersei or sumthin, that would just be cruel

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  2. Fair enough... I did appreciate Alanna. I really liked her... Did you read the Blue Sword, or the Hero and the Crown? Although Aerin and Harry are quite unusual for girl names..

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  3. Okay, fun name exercise! Way to go on the picks. Those excellent and epic and heroic names remind me: Will, I was just at your cousin's wedding, and urged a number of susceptible members of the family to start watching a certain great series--thus introducing them to the world of hurt and heartbreak that goes with the Cancellation of Firefly. Like a pop song that gets stuck in your head, the only way to end Mal Melancholy is to pass it on. Hey, I feel...better!

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