Sunday, December 13, 2009

Hey, Just Call Me "Seven"

My dad teaches and creates online classes. That's basically what he does, why I live in a house and not a box, things like that. He's gotten all sorts of students, ones serving in Iraq right now, ones who also happen to be going to med school, grandmas who just get bored. He teaches people from many places not just in this country, but the world.

But never, has he had a student quite like this. His first name is Thirty-Seven, his surname Forty-Seven. Thirty-Seven Forty-Seven. He says that he just goes by "Seven."

Now, Dad has encountered many foreign names, many unfamiliar names, but never someone named after a number before. He's curious, I'm curious as to how this guy's name happened. Were his parents feeling adventurous? Did he change it himself? Does everyone in his family have number names?

I just wish I knew the story behind the name. Name your kid Atlas, Pilot Inspecktor, Apple, whatever. But...a number? It's different to say the least.

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