Revenge of the Kevins

First I write an article for the Forum explaining the controversy behind Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner's new book, SuperFreakonomics. Then I read this post on their blog today:
An overwhelming majority of the teachers surveyed associate “traditional” names with positive character traits and non-traditional names with weak performance and bad behavior. The name Kevin has particularly negative connotations; as one teacher wrote, “Kevin is not a name — it’s a diagnosis!”
I guess I am just reinforcing stereotypes.

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