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Names and achievement linked by Tulane researcher
Tulane psychologist Dr Gray Garwood finds in eight Georgia and Florida schools that first names influence grades and career expectations with John James Jonathan Craig Jeffery Patrick Thomas and Richard seen as desirable while Bernard Curtis Darrell Donald Gerald Horace Maurice Jerome Roderick Samuel are seen as undesirable. He notes teachers ethnic background affects reactions to names and warns against overgeneralizing from findings.
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