[ladylib]

Poor Niger Innis. About a year ago, some TV reporter pronounced his name wrong. Profuse apologies all around, as it should be. No one likes to have his name pronounced incorrectly on national TV.

It's getting out of hand though. The "niggardly" thing in the 4th grade classroom was too much; but then, in this day and age, perhaps the teacher was remiss. She should have known her audience, and the audience's parents.

It has come down to basic self-preservation in the classroom. Teachers really can't teach anymore. Maybe that's why many of them are throwing in the towel.

[GovernmentShrinker]

Poor Niger Innis. About a year ago, some TV reporter pronounced his name wrong. Profuse apologies all around, as it should be. No one likes to have his name pronounced incorrectly on national TV.

Even funnier, Fox misspelled his name (with an extra "g") in the banner under his face while he was being interviewed. They fixed it quickly and mumbled a panicked apology upon returning from the emergency commercial break. Niger seemed relaxed and vaguely amused about it, but I feared for the poor schmuck who typed the banner -- probably lost his/her job for holding the "g" button down half a second too long.