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Names and (mis)behaviour

35 replies

mumoseven · 17/02/2017 17:10

In my experience I have found certain names reoccur when it comes to negative behaviour in school, especially with boys. Not sure I should blunder in and upset new mums, so I'll settle for outing the common names for naughty lads back in my day. Stephens were usually the worst, but Davids came close.

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LexieLulu · 17/02/2017 21:11

One of my teacher friends doesn't like J names as she's taught a lot of naughty J boys

Batgrrrl · 17/02/2017 21:08

Waiting for my DS's name to be mentioned, it's always high up on the lists of 'naughty names' Hmm he has his naughty moments but is pretty much just an average kid behaviour wise.

manicinsomniac · 17/02/2017 21:04

Of the names mentioned so far, including the ones I've mentioned:
Stephen - teach 1, he's lovely
David - don't know any atm, most recent one was an angel child
Sam - teach about 15. 3 are a nightmare, 4 are gorgeous and the rest fall somewhere in between.
Ben - teach 3. 1 very unpleasant, 2 delightful.
James - teach about 8. 1 is one of the most difficult children I've ever come across, 1 has his moments, the rest are lovely.
Joshua - teach 7. 1 can be difficult when he wants to be, 2 are completely angelic, the others are nice kids.
Mark - don't think I've ever taught one. Some very 'goody goody' Marks when I was at school myself though (which probably means they were lovely kids from an adult perspective!)
Have never known an Alvin, a Ricky or a Noel.
Ryan - never taught one. Lots in my year at school. I was frightened of about 2/3rds of them which might mean they were seen as naughty kids - but to be honest I was a bit of a wimp so not necessarily! The other 1/3 were fine.

I'm not seeing any patterns so far!

OnHold · 17/02/2017 20:56

What a stupid thread.

WaitroseCoffeeCostaCup · 17/02/2017 20:54

Does it begin with a J...?

NapQueen · 17/02/2017 20:54

Ryan. Every teacher I know has said this name belongs to a student they know who is naughty.

ExpectoPatronummmm · 17/02/2017 20:53

Every David I knew was from a posh family and geeky at school.

The shits where Marks and weird names like Alvin, Noel, Ricky.

LarrytheCucumber · 17/02/2017 20:51

Joshua

TheLivingAsheth · 17/02/2017 20:49

The thing is there were shedloads of Steves and Daves back in the day so statistically speaking they are going to be more represented among the naughty children. Because there are more of them overall.

manicinsomniac · 17/02/2017 20:44

I don't find this at all.

With more common names you are guaranteed to know children on all behaviours and personalities that are called them.

And with rarer names you don't get a representative sample.

My current nemeses in the classroom (is that the right plural?) are Sam, Ben, James and 2 quite unusual names that I won't mention. But I also teach absolutely delightful boys called Sam, Ben and James and have no other example of the other two names to compare these individuals to. So my current experience means nothing.

I can't think of any well used name where I have found the children to be always one way or the other.