A recent survey of 3,000 teachers by Bounty.com revealed that as the teacher eyed the register in September, they'll be nervously keeping a sharp look-out for certain names which "strike fear into the nation's blackboard bother’s".
The list of those likely to make mischief includes young 'uns dubbed Aliesha, Brooke, Brooklyn, Casey, Chelsea, Connor, Crystal, Demi, Jack, Jake, Jessica, Kyle, and Liam.
Doubtless there are those among you who have a lad called Jack who's an absolute angel (Yeah! Right!), however the teacher has already got him marked down as a “wrong 'un” as soon as they clock his name.
Indeed, 49 per cent of those polled admitted they "make assumptions about a child when they take their first look at the register in September".
Bounty’s Faye Mingo diplomatically offered: “Teachers are only human and make assumptions like the rest of us. Rightly or wrongly, most of us make assumptions based on something as simple as a person’s name and we base these on our previous experiences."
There is, however, some good news for Jessica or Demi's mum and dad: 57 percent of those polled said "the naughtiest children at school are also the most popular and often make friends easier than well behaved children".
Furthermore, over a third "claimed that the naughtiest children are often the brightest - and the most sensitive". (Not in my experience though!)
So there you have it. For the record, the poll also gleaned the names least likely to provoke a panic attack, so if you want your kids well disciplined but insensitive and friendless, you'd better stick with Alexander, Alice, Benjamin, Charlotte, Elizabeth, Emma, Harry and William.
There again you could you could stick to naming you kid after the latest popular “numbo-celeb chaff”, though the little ‘un might pay for it latter!
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