Louis

Today I told my 4th grade students about our new dog, christened Louis.  They loved the pictures of our newly rescued Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, but when I told them what I'd named him, the nine-year-old consensus was that this was a terrible name.  "Boring!" they  cried.  I explained to them about cavaliers, the kings of France and the nobility of the name "Louis."  This fell on deaf ears. Louis is so not a cool name -- when did this happen?  Well, by the very fact that "Louis" is so very uncool, I'm more smitten with it than ever.  And my plan is to watch my class fall in love with Louis the dog -- and then they will fall in love with his name.  That's how these things work!