Miscellaneous: Today, my teacher, who's Irish, called me insensitive and stupid...

By meh - 18/01/2012 05:21 - Canada

Today, my teacher, who's Irish, called me insensitive and stupid for imitating her accent. I'm Filipino and my parents immigrated to Ireland where I was born, and then we moved to Canada when I was 14. Her response to my explanation? "Bullshit." FML

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Today, I met my girlfriend's parents for the first time. Within minutes, they said I needed to leave. Their reason? Apparently, I was mocking her dad's speech impediment. I also have one but they wouldn't believe me. FML

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By hackshack - 08/06/2012 19:45 - Brazil - Porto Alegre

Today, my English teacher kicked me out of class for being "rude and disruptive." In actuality, I had called her out for having blatantly used Google Translate for several example sentences, all of which sounded as if a semi-literate foreigner had constructed them. FML

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By KillMeNow - 18/10/2011 16:08 - United Kingdom

Today, on my first day of being a trainee teacher in a classroom, I told a boy to stop using that stupid accent or else I'll give him a detention. Turns out he just moved here from Romania. FML

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UrLyfSuxx 0

Wednesday 18 January 2012 11:57

Damn. But hey, accents are cool.

TheMaster15 10

Wednesday 18 January 2012 11:59

No worries, shes just a wee little lady.

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BlueHue 0

Wednesday 18 January 2012 15:18

Nobody deserves that, get your parents or principal involved... That will teach her a lesson!

Ins_Knie 2

Wednesday 18 January 2012 15:57

Show her that you can build a nail bomb from household ingredients and then burn a Union Jack. That should prove it.

TheyCallMeDamien 17

Wednesday 18 January 2012 16:09

Parent teacher conference on her ass. Now that's bullshit.

helobubba 13

Wednesday 18 January 2012 16:16

Put yourself in the teacher's shoes: Think about a Filipino teacher in Canada encountering a white student speaking with a Filipino accent. What would your initial reaction be?

RedPillSucks 31

Wednesday 18 January 2012 16:53

My reaction would be less ignorant. There are actually white people who grew up in the Philippines. I certainly wouldn't assume that someone *couldn't* have a particular accent based on their ethnicity. Dont hate. Appreciate.

helobubba 13

Wednesday 18 January 2012 17:34

You would like to think your initial reaction would be less ignorant but, really, how many people of Filipino descent are there in Canada that speak with an Irish accent? The teacher's initial reaction may have been one of surprise rather than ignorance.

sadistmonkey 19

Wednesday 18 January 2012 18:37

If that were the case, the teacher's reaction to the OP's explanation wouldn't be "bullshit".

helobubba 13

Wednesday 18 January 2012 19:17

So it would be what?

sadistmonkey 19

Wednesday 18 January 2012 21:04

A well-adjusted person may react with surprise initially but then accepts reasonably plausible explanations that help to explain what he/she was surprised about. Sure, the teacher may be surprised that a Filipino in Canada has an Irish accent but when the student explains why he has an Irish accent, the teacher would accept that explanation, if she were a normal person.

Epikouros 31

Wednesday 18 January 2012 23:57

Maybe the teacher knew she was wrong, but she was too proud to admit it. When dealing with occidental people, you have to let them 'save face'. It's their culture, you have to respect that.

sadistmonkey 19

Thursday 19 January 2012 0:20

Actually it's people from East Asia who are more concerned with saving face. In any case, "saving face" is not an excuse to verbally abuse a student for a reason that the teacher, according to your hypothetical situation, knows is not legitimate.

monkiki62 5

Saturday 21 January 2012 23:29

Psh how about if ur filipino don't go running around mocking accents from a country you may have been born in but is not in ur blood. how about since I'm irish I'll mock some fillies. Feel good about yourself? Knobs.

monkiki62 5

Saturday 21 January 2012 23:31

You say that and you have sadist in ur name. Right. Sorry normal people aren't as politically correct as ur fine self.

wriptidez 0

Wednesday 18 January 2012 16:32

sheesh what a meanie...

RedPillSucks 31

Wednesday 18 January 2012 16:50

Tell her that was you in the Starburst commercial. She's probably too stupid to tell the difference between Filipino and Korean. (Yes, I know it was a Scottish accent and not Irish)

LateandGreat 11

Wednesday 18 January 2012 16:56

Insecure teachers. Those can be a real pain in the a$$; people in a position of power over you who think you have nothing better to do than go 'round insulting them.

listicka 5

Wednesday 18 January 2012 17:35

If I were you I would complain to principal. She must be very ignorant if she doesn't believe your explanation. I have accent too and some people amuse me when they say: how come you still have accent after 22 years?