This hits with me because I have a relatively difficult last name to pronounce. It’s always awkward when people are trying to say it for the first time. I am never very good at pronouncing names too, but I always ask the students first or a teacher that has taught the student in question from a previous year. My fall back at the beginning of the year is usually to just take attendance with only students’ first names. I usually stick with just their first names throughout the year. I would like to focus on being a calibrator this year. Especially with so many ENL students coming into Sweet Home.
