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Sunday, July 8, 2012

What's In a Name?

I listened this morning to the BYU Devotional speech--"What's In a Name?"-- that D. Gordon Smith gave on June 26, 2012.  His speech reminded me of a few things:

  1. What do we want the name "Esperanza" to represent when people think of our school and also those associated with it?  What does it mean to be an Esperanza educator or an Esperanza scholar?
  2. Remember to call others by the name they prefer...and pronounce them correctly.
  3. Name-calling and labeling that attempt to marginalize others is inappropriate. 

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