tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post766414803868446430..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Observations from the First Week of SchoolUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-34715179513403869962015-09-10T12:22:59.186-04:002015-09-10T12:22:59.186-04:00True. I'm not used to thinking of my student&#...True. I'm not used to thinking of my student's parents as people who can read. Even comic books.<br />Three Sigmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10822893039310439770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-56667958089287261562015-09-09T09:37:25.188-04:002015-09-09T09:37:25.188-04:00yeah, but the character in the comic dates back to...yeah, but the character in the comic dates back to about 1963 or so.Middle-Aged and Morosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046076243513948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-143632270797289802015-09-09T09:22:50.898-04:002015-09-09T09:22:50.898-04:00Hmmm. The X-Men movie came out in 2000, so it can&...Hmmm. The X-Men movie came out in 2000, so it can't be Professor X they're named after.Three Sigmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10822893039310439770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-5180617909417700882015-09-09T08:11:41.145-04:002015-09-09T08:11:41.145-04:00I was thinking along the same lines -- that it'...I was thinking along the same lines -- that it's actually surprising I haven't met more Xaviers, given the strong representation of Hispanics (and others from traditionally-Catholic countries) in our student body. Maybe the popularity of that particular name varies by country, and there was a relevant shift in immigration patterns? I was pretty sure we haven't had a Pope Xavier Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-51186453327222414952015-09-09T08:07:06.657-04:002015-09-09T08:07:06.657-04:00Possible. It might also explain the child naming/n...Possible. It might also explain the child naming/nicknaming practices of some younger colleagues. I'd wondered where "Xander" came from. Mystery solved. Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-69144962973165115262015-09-09T08:05:49.608-04:002015-09-09T08:05:49.608-04:00I don't think so; at least nobody corrected my...I don't think so; at least nobody corrected my pronunciation, and I didn't notice any variations when we went around and introduced ourselves out loud. But it's still possible; one of the odd (to me) characteristics of the present generation of students is that they often don't correct my attempts to pronounce their names, even when I explicitly ask them to do so when I first Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-90200580734527991022015-09-09T00:52:53.099-04:002015-09-09T00:52:53.099-04:00I've run into Xavier... well, not too much, bu...I've run into Xavier... well, not too much, but it's a very common Catholic name, so I saw it a bunch in college. Mostly as a middle name, but not always. I knew a Xander back then, too, well before Buffy.Jonathan Dresnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04356112719229675996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-87811121934867892172015-09-08T23:41:54.121-04:002015-09-08T23:41:54.121-04:00Do the 3 Xaviers each pronounce their name differe...Do the 3 Xaviers each pronounce their name differently?Monicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08103879727877816655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-65534258373351219782015-09-08T18:48:26.914-04:002015-09-08T18:48:26.914-04:00Buffy the Vampire Slayer, featuring a sexy main ch...Buffy the Vampire Slayer, featuring a sexy main character named Xander, came on the air in 1997. Your students' parents must have thought "Eh, Xander's a bit too weird, but . . . "Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16403289509523215570noreply@blogger.com