I have to name all of my freshmen students (which is 5 of my 7 classes, so.... a lot.) Some of them had English names, but not many. In all, it's probably around 200 names I need to think up, and most of them female.
I've kind of started running out of good, normal names, so there are a few named "Athena" or "Artemis". But I figure this is okay, since they'd find some crazy names on their own if I let them. (Some new discoveries among all our classes: Ted Mosby, Hrothgar, Jack Evette, Cookie, Clytze, Bells, Assassin.)
But I'm also hoping with all these strange names that I'll be able to remember their faces/names together. I'm terrible at it, and I have over 300 students. I've resigned myself that I probably won't know them all by the end of the semester, still. But I'll try.
You have Hrothgar, King of the Mountain People?! AWESOME! Also, I'm glad you met NiuNiu, Zhongguo Mama's Dog. That was one of Mike Hansen's students whom he named. I think I met Cookie, but I'm not sure.
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