Try reading off the attendance roll in a NYC school. Few of the names have less than 3 syllables. You never see Ann, Susan, Linda, Robert, James, etc. kind of names any more. You don’t see kids named for a relative much either. You have 10 syllable names from countries like Tibet, you have made up names like Quaneesha or La Dorian, and everything in between. They should also update the attendance sheet forms, because much of the time, half the kids’ names are severely truncated. You read off what you think is the kid’s name, and they raise their hand to tell you the other 5 syllables. It is no mystery to me why a lot of kids with long foreign names tell you, “Just call me Ryan (Jonny/Angie/Lisa/Ronny, etc.).”
Everyone wants attention. Everyone wants to be so “cool” and different. They wind up inflicting their kids with absolutely stupid names.
Along similar lines, I accidentally caught about 20 minutes of a show I’d never seen before, called Maurey (I think). I sat there in stunned silence watching it unfold. I couldn’t turn it off, as I was in disbelief. Stupid, stupid people arguing about who was the father for any number of the female’s illegitimate children. I don’t know how any country can survive with many of these people. Unbelievable.
It's good training for when they get a job in customer service.