Teachers Who Mispronouce Students��� Names Now Guilty of Committing ���Microaggressions���

Huh?

Once again, a new school year is upon us, and, with it, a new and improved round of lunacy, courtesy of education ���professionals��� who may have just a little too much time on their hands.

According to an article over at CNSNews.com, school districts in the ���hundreds,��� all across the United States, have taken some sort of pledge that embraces the spirit and ideas of a campaign created by the National Association for Bilingual Education and the Santa Clara County, Calif. Office of Education (SCCOE) called ���My Name, My Identity: A Declaration of Self.���

It is essentially a ���call to action��� to keep classroom teachers from committing the apparently-unforgivable crime of���wait for it���mispronouncing a student���s name.

According to Yee Wan, the SCCOE���s director of multilingual education services, ���Mispronouncing a student���s name truly negates his or her identity, which, in turn, can hinder academic progress.���

An assistant professor of education at the University of California at Riverside, Rita Kohli, has even referred to the mispronunciation of a student���s name as a ���microaggression,��� saying, ���Names have incredible significance to families, with so much thought, meaning and culture woven into them. When the child enters school and teachers ��� consciously or not ��� mispronounce, disregard or change the name, they are in a sense disregarding the family and culture of the students as well.���

So, in an effort to address this overwhelming crisis, well over 500 school districts across the country have decided to more fully commit to properly pronouncing students��� names.

Just one more bit of madness from the education elite for you to consider.

By Robert G. Yetman, Jr. Editor At Large