A Pose By Any Other Name
Published: January 12th, 2010
By: Jim Mullen

A pose by any other name

If you’re a school teacher or an employer, it will come as no surprise that many parents are naming their children after the place where their child was conceived. Paris Hilton being the prime example. There are some things I would rather not know. I don’t know if it started with Paris Hilton, but after being introduced to children named Catalina, Jamaica and Antigua, I know it didn’t stop with her. We should probably count our blessings that parents aren’t completely honest or we’d end up with classrooms full of children named Hot Tub, Princess Cruise, Port Authority and Buick LeSabre.

“Martha’s Vineyard, would you please go to the blackboard and spell the word ‘pretentious’? Put the cell phone away, Disney World, or I will take it away. Does anyone know what caused the Civil War? No, Aspen, it was not because the Civils didn’t get along. Anyone else? Jackson Hole, is your hand up?”

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