HOW I GOT MY NAME AND HOW ITS EFFECTS MY LIFE

By Levi Lanway

MY PARENTS ON DECEMBER 2ND, 1996 GAVE ME THE NAME LEVI W. LANWAY. THEY GOT THE NAME LEVI FROM EITHER LEVI STRAUSS OR THE LEVI IN THE BIBLE.

THEY CHOOSE THE NAME LEVI BECAUSE IT IS AN UNUSUAL NAME. MY NAME IN THAT YEAR WAS RANKED 165TH.

HAVING A NAME LIKE LEVI CAN HAVE ITS DOWN FALLS THOUGH; LIKE IN 4TH GRADE ON THE BUS I GOT SOMEWHAT VERBALLY BULLIED. THE PEOPLE WHO WERE BULLYING ME,“WERE SAYING STUFF LIKE “OH WE’RE GOING TO SKIN YOU AND WEAR YOU AS PANTS.”

BEING IN 4TH GRADE AT THE TIME I WAS REALLY SCARED BECAUSE THESE KIDS WERE OLDER THAN ME. MOST OF THE TIME IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL I DID GET PICKED ON BECAUSE OF WHAT MY NAME IS.

THOUGH HAVING LEVI AS A NAME CAN HAVE ITS UPSIDES TOO. IT IS A NAME THAT ISN’T COMMONLY USED AND IT’S QUITE EASY TO CREATE NICKNAMES.

DURING LAST SUMMER I WENT TO A FLY-FISHING CAMP, AND I GOT A PRETTY FUNNY NICKNAME. THE NICKNAME CAN BE TAKEN AS BEING BULLIED BUT IN MY OPINION IT WAS REALLY FUNNY.

THEN DURING THE DRAMA CLUB’S PERFORMANCE OF ALICE IN WONDERLAND I GOT THE NICKNAME JEAN BOY BY ONE OF THE OTHER PEOPLE IN THE TECH CREW. I KIND OF LIKE THAT NICKNAME JUST BECAUSE IT HAS A SMALL RING TO IT.

SO HAVING LEVI CAN HAVE ITS UPS AND DOWNS BUT IT ALWAYS WORK OUT TO BE FINE. MY NAME CAN BRING ME JOY OR PAIN.

NAMES CAN BECOME GREAT JOY OR GREAT PAINS. MY NAME IS ON THE LINE OF GREAT JOY AND GREAT PAIN.

SO BEFORE YOU SAY SOMETHING ABOUT A PERSON’S NAME JUST THINK ABOUT HOW IT AFFECTS THEIR LIFE. SO NOW YOU KNOW HOW I GOT MY NAME AND HOW IT AFFECTS MY LIFE.