Psych Teacher

[sinisterpanda]

My psych teacher was talking about some method of psychology and she said, "if this all sounds like chinese to you, don't worry, it'll start making sense later." Does this mean that i should be able to understand whatever she was saying?

[kpih]

Ha ha when I teach statistics I always say "it sounds like Greek". May be I should say "Chinese" from now on.

[yuuteya]

Stats? I find it boring, even in English.

It might as well be in Chinese.

[hooligan]

When in Rome ...

[tvbdude]

she's trying to say chinese sound like gibberish. therefore, you can't understand it. and if you guys don't get it what I'm trying to say, you're useless

[yuuteya]

she's trying to say chinese sound like gibberish. therefore, you can't understand it. and if you guys don't get it what I'm trying to say, you're useless
thanks for the tip, could you say that in Chinese

[kasia]

moving this to rant. wtf? that statement was ignorant & insensitive.

i think - when faced with comments like those - it is our duty to speak up. hindsight is always 20-20, of course, but you could've raised your hand and said, "no, it doesn't sound like Chinese, because that is my first language. why would you think it would sound like Chinese to some of us?"

When in Rome ...

that doesn't apply...

[SunWuKong]

one time, a mechanic was explaining some things about the girlfriend's car to her, and she said, "it all sounds like Greek to me." and the guy said, "oh what, it can't be German?" but he wasn't offended or anything, he was just messing with her.

hehheh she had to get the one Greek mechanic. :tongue:

moving this to rant. wtf? that statement was ignorant & insensitive.

i think - when faced with comments like those - it is our duty to speak up. hindsight is always 20-20, of course, but you could've raised your hand and said, "no, it doesn't sound like Chinese, because that is my first language. why would you think it would sound like Chinese to some of us?"

to be honest, i don't find it offensive at all. it's just a saying. but that's just my personal opinion of course.

[kpih]

moving this to rant. wtf? that statement was ignorant & insensitive.

i think - when faced with comments like those - it is our duty to speak up. hindsight is always 20-20, of course, but you could've raised your hand and said, "no, it doesn't sound like Chinese, because that is my first language. why would you think it would sound like Chinese to some of us?"



that doesn't apply...

I find it funny as an inside joke. None of my students get my lectures anyways. Sometimes I tease them with that. Of course by itself the reference is problematic. I also find it funny because once when I was grad school there was a cartoon in the school newspaper satiring Asian (even native born) TAs and their "accents". I started a letter writing campaign and we took it to the chancellor...

[sinisterpanda]

to be honest, i don't find it offensive at all. it's just a saying. but that's just my personal opinion of course.


It's sort of like saying "i didn't just get off the boat", which my spanish teacher said when i was in high school, and I picked on him by saying, "are you calling immigrants stupid?"

[kasia]

i think it matters who was saying it and to whom it was being said. i also think that, given the fact that there was an asian person in the audience, it was inappropriate and stupid - and it obviously didn't make sense. if i were speaking to Latino students, would i use that same saying but substitute "greek" with "spanish"?

either the teacher's a moron or just insensitive.

[Faithless]

You should have said, "No teach, but it's really all Latin, Greek, and German.

"Take for instance sesquipedalophobia – pathological fear of long words. The word has at its root latin words and not Chinese --sesqui (one and a half ) + pedalis (of the foot) + phobos (fear).

"So, you teach, are infact, fucto upass." :eek:

[onnihs]

When in Rome ...


yes? then what? :confused:

[yuuteya]

That teacher had no multicultural sensitivity, which is suprizing if that was a multicultural-comprised class you were in. She openly spoke from her perspective/bias on what was 'foreign'/'Other' to her, ie "The Chinese", so whats new, Orientalism permeates Western society, blah.... Although this does not seem to be a case of pernicious racial discrimination, at least not based on your description, but it looks like a lack of an education of her own. She needs supplementary training, if she didnt or forgot whatever they taught her in teachers college. Doesnt that school board that your school belongs to have any multicultural-sensitivity or diversity-sensitivity training for its staff?? Dont some (or most?) urban public school boards in North America already have diversity-sensitivity initiatives and training for current teachers?? There is usually a liasion/counsellor/advisor that handles these multicultural/diversity issues in the school board isnt there?? if talking to the teacher her/him-self doesnt lead to an end to their lack of multicultural/diversity sensitivity, and this seems like a systemic case entrenched into that particular school, then you can take it to the next level up. Contact the diversity officer/liason about it, if there is one...

[tvbdude]

thanks for the tip, could you say that in Chinese

I could say that in cantonese and toisanese

[yuuteya]

I could say that in cantonese and toisaneseI was just joking there, Im sorry about that.

But thats cool, I wish I could speak Cantonese too, I just know
m-goi

[Banana]

You should have replied with "Good, I should understand it perfectly then."