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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Paige Freshwater

Teacher claims she can tell if child is 'good or bad' based on their name

As a teacher, you need to have a lot of patience and understanding because not only are your pupils learning how to read and write but also how to navigate the world around them. A primary school teacher has revealed how she knows whether a pupil will be 'good or bad' in her classroom simply by scanning over the class register.

Taking to Reddit, the woman explained how she was discussing possible baby names with her husband, who also works as a teacher, when she realised she has 'positive' and 'negative' associations with many popular names. She said: "As we brainstormed possible names, the conversation turned into a discussion of kids we have taught in our past that either enhanced the name (one we might name our child) or completely destroy the name (one we go no where near)."

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