Well, I work as an English tutor at the Writing Center of my college. We help students w/ term papers by answering ?'s about grammar, verb tense, MLA/APA, resumes, etc. We have a lot of international students living on campus in an exchange program. Many of them have only recently started speaking and/or writing English. Anyway, there was this female tutor who worked w/me. I'll call her "Debra" (name changed for proprietary reasons). She was one of these idealistic, "I don't believe in bathing or shaving my armpits", Tofu/vegetarian/PC, "look-at-me, I'm a tolerant liberal" types. Imagine the characters on the "E-Racists" sketch from MAD TV and you'll get the idea. LOL!
Anyway, the majority of the students who come in for help from us are Orientals. One day, a female student from Thailand came in. I was already helping another student w/ a resume, so Debra took the Thai student and went into another room, closing the door. After ten minutes, my student asked if he could borrow a dictionary. I said, "sure. I think it's in the other room. Hang on." So, I go into the room that Debra was in w/ the Thai student, and Debra's SITTING ON A FOLDING CHAIR IN A CROSSED-LEG, LOTUS POSITION WITH HER SHOES AND SOCKS OFF!!! I said, "Debra, I need a diction--uh--(looking down)--may I ask what you're doing?" And she said, "we're 'in Thailand,' and you're supposed to take off your shoes when you enter a room there." But the female student didn't have her shoes off, and she looked visibly pissed that Debra was trying to suck up to her by doing this. Hell, Debra might as well have fucking bowed and said "ah so" to her to make the stereotype complete! Some people...LOL!
PEACE!
Anyway, the majority of the students who come in for help from us are Orientals. One day, a female student from Thailand came in. I was already helping another student w/ a resume, so Debra took the Thai student and went into another room, closing the door. After ten minutes, my student asked if he could borrow a dictionary. I said, "sure. I think it's in the other room. Hang on." So, I go into the room that Debra was in w/ the Thai student, and Debra's SITTING ON A FOLDING CHAIR IN A CROSSED-LEG, LOTUS POSITION WITH HER SHOES AND SOCKS OFF!!! I said, "Debra, I need a diction--uh--(looking down)--may I ask what you're doing?" And she said, "we're 'in Thailand,' and you're supposed to take off your shoes when you enter a room there." But the female student didn't have her shoes off, and she looked visibly pissed that Debra was trying to suck up to her by doing this. Hell, Debra might as well have fucking bowed and said "ah so" to her to make the stereotype complete! Some people...LOL!
PEACE!
