A mum has been slammed for giving one of her twins a ‘cute’ name while the other has to go through life with a ‘made-up’ moniker that will raise questions everywhere she goes
A mum has been criticised for giving one of her twins a cute name while the other is saddled with a ‘made-up’ moniker. The proud American mum shared her daughters’ academic achievements on social media, posting a picture of their GPA (grade point average) results.
However, instead of focusing on their grades, many were distracted by their names. The woman posted: “Paige has a 2.5 GPA and Gaige has 1.45. I’m just saying pat myself on the back – single mom strong type s***.” The post, which garnered 1,800 likes, left one X user puzzled: “You named your kids Paige and Gaige?”
The post was later re-shared on Reddit’s ‘tragedeigh’ thread, a forum named after an online term used to describe “a given name that has been deliberately misspelled or completely made up to appear more unique than it actually is.”
One user questioned: “Why is she proud of her kids doing poorly in school?”
“Well, maybe the mum did even worse. I mean, Gage is a name, she just really wanted it to match Paige,” another user suggested.
Meanwhile another added: “My niece is dating a guy named Caige. I’ve strongly discouraged the relationship based on his name alone.”
A third user commented: “I can gauge that Paige is the gifted one. Gaige is going to need to take a page out of Paige’s book.”
One more user added: “I am not shocked that Gaige is nearly failing out, kid’s life has been a nightmare on the roll call sheet since day one of school.”
Another user commented: “Teacher here; any parent patting themselves on the back for their kid’s 1.45 and even 2.5 GPA is literally saying, I am so proud they are dumb.”
A final user remarked: “I’m honestly more concerned by the pride in such low GPAs than the names.”
In America, GPA serves as a standard method for measuring academic performance, with 4.0 roughly corresponding to A, 3.0 to B, 2.0 to C, 1.0 to D, and 0.0 to F.
Based on this system, Paige’s 2.5 translates to approximately a C+, indicating she is passing her subjects.
Meanwhile Gaige is attaining around a D+ or D which is regarded as a “very low” pass.
Pupils who score below 60% receive a fail grade, as this is when their GPA drops into the 0.0 category.