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Hello,
I'm just a college student about to begin their student teaching and I never really gave consideration to something like the difficulty in pronouncing someone's name so this was a good read. I feel like a reason I never really considered this an issue is because I always imagined that first day or first few days, an instructor would have some form of ice breaker that would allow students to identify and establish themselves within the classroom. It would just be something simple like going around and having students state their name, preferred name to be called, grade (if in high school teaching a mixed grade classroom), then something that will get students invested in the class like "what do you hope to do in this class", "what's an interesting fact about yourself", "what was the best thing you did over the break", "what would you call the soundtrack of your life", etc. Then have each person end by stating their name again. This way you can not only learn names by placing together name, face, and factoids, but it also allows for students to learn each others names and about each other. Identity is something important to each person and should be respected as such. "My identity is something I create, that's why it begins with I"
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