Calling all teachers!

[Dollydaydream99]

Please share your name stereotypes - the good, the bad & the ugly!!! ??

Never met a Chantelle/Shantell/Chantal that I've liked.

Kanes are an issue, too.

This will end in tears.

I teach a very lovely Kane actually.

All the Oliver's I've ever taught have been off the wall!

Was too of my DH boys list. Good thing we had a girl!

Simons are all a bit mad. Never taught a sane one.

My favourite was called Maeve!

This is not going to be helpful as I've had lovely and irksome kids with the same name....so it's nothing to do with the name....more the personality and behaviour

Sean/Shaun/Ryan/Lewis/Louis

Have had bad experiences as a younger teacher with boys with these names.

Errr girls... Not overly keen on Lauren, Leanne, Kelly

But have taught some lovely girls with those names

I teach a lovely Chantelle and have taught a couple of wonderful Simons too. Kane not a good omen, generally.

This is horribly subjective and totally down to a few individuals

Naughty boys
Darren
Conor
Dylan
Kieran
Aaron
Jordan

Cheeky girls
Chantelle
Sara
Courtney
Chloe
Angela
Jordan

Lovely hardworking girls
Emma
Charlotte
Natasha
Rebecca
Caitlin
Sophie/Sophia
Eilidh
Anna

Hardworking well behaved boys
Ross
James
Alexander
Cameron
Peter
Callum
Rory/ruaridh

Loving it so far, it's just lighthearted :)

Lovely... Hmm Emily, Grace, Hannah lots really.

Ooo Imogen/Isabella ime can be hard work

DrMc I would agree

See on MN in general I'm a big defender of teachers - I'm usually suggesting handing out grips to parents who feel a bit hard done by, telling posters "oh don't be so silly" when they feel a teacher is being a bit off with them etc. This thread makes me wonder why - I mean of course this is just subjective but Christ I hope you leave this ridiculous notions outside the classroom.

Hard working - Emily, Isobel, Charlotte, Henry, Amelia, Sophie, Olivia, Jessica, Benjamin, Hannah, Lucy, Edward, James, Caitlin, Grace.

'Naughty' names- Callum, Connor, Taylor, Chantelle, Ethan, Chardonnay, Brooke, Ashley/Ashleigh, Carly, Riley, Dawson.

Harry's seem to go either way!

Obviously these are massive generalisations.

Oh yes and Jordan.

They're all judgements from hindsight. I turn up each September with an open mind.

Hmm. This is precisely why DC have mid-top 100 Old Testament, non-controversial names.

*Our DC

I agree with drmc-especially Conor.
Also Luke's are naughty as is jade.

And yes we do leave these 'labels' outside the classroom but I have still yet to meet a well behaved Conor.

I also taught a lovely maeve and Thomas.

One of my favourite pupils ever (not that I have favourites really!) was a Callum.

Naughty boys; Kyle, Callum, Connor, Jayden/Kayden, Cain Lewis, Aaron, or any child who refers to themselves as initial eg PJ or TJ.
Girls; Chloe, Taylor.....actually, girls are a much more mixed bag.

I've taught both delightful and vile of;
Charlotte, Adam, Danielle Georgia, Ethan, George

For some reason boys names tend to segregate much more than girls do?

Strikes me that these "naughty" lists could become self-fulfilling prophecies.