Related Video Collections
All Comments
School problems with classmates.? I'm just a normal guy like others but it's odd because it seems like the whole of my class were mean to me. They ignored me and when we're suppose to do a project in pairs or groups, im always the one left out... The other classes weren't mean to me. they were in fact very nice to me! And i've just heard from my schoolmate that my classmates told her that they said i look like a ghost and all the girls from my class hated me.. They were all asians and i'm the only european and i'm white.. what's the problem with that? Almost all American's have white skin too! And i've just heard from my schoolmate that my classmates told her that they said i look like a ghost and all the girls from my class hated me.. My friend said maybe they were jealous and i'm like, what the ****? My junior school isn't like this! Please, no hate replies.. I'm just asking for an advice.. Thank you very much... | | YOU need to toughen up. YOU need to start valuing yourself more. Remember that you are different from the rest and you stand out more so whatever little thing you do ppl will notice you. So start getting popular. Just ignore them for a few days and you'll see that slowely they are coming up to talk to you. Your success in your tests and schoolwork will turn even more heads. I bet a lot of those asian girls would love to be you. And if they still keep on calling you ghosts then just scare their pants off off them!!! ;D | Would this school be considered discriminatory? well, it's like this. My school is very very bad, but here's the main reason. DICIPLINE SUCKS! (not to be racist) but the black guys who normally cause trouble (a.k.a gangsters) get in trouble constantly and never face more than minor punishments. Other guys, however, (caucasian, mexican, asian, etc. etc.) Are given the full arm of the law when we barely manage to step out of line, (talk in class, pass notes, talk back, etc. etc.) Yesterday I actually saw a boy yell, "who the **** do you think you're talking to, ************!?" to a teacher. And when I say yell, I mean, if the door was open, people in california could hear it. Is this discriminatory, or just crappy dicipline? | It could be racism, the teachers have given up on the blacks and know it is no use to even try.
More importantly for you is that you recognize this school is in trouble.. Check out charter schools. church schools, or on-line charter school. If the school is operating at a low academic level you may have the RIGHT to have priovate school paid for by the Board of Education. many private/charter schools have scholarships so check it out.
The is also free (on-line) high school offered in many states. Gtt a groupd of your friends together and chagne to one of these schools.
| -----
Record some of the behavior and send the tape to your local news stations. wipe your prints off the tape. | Will i fail at life (please be painfully honest) (PAINFULLY)? Ok ill give you the facts
asian girl
western raised
asian school
im in the "smartest" class for math but im not in the "Accelerated" (super ******* geniuses who will rule the world)
everyone around me tells me im going to fail at life
my social skills with strangers are GREAT. (sorry for sounding full of myself)
my social skills with people ive known for LONG times are good
people that i dont know that well but have to work with are ****.
im good at science and artistic stuff like music and art
im REALLY BAD at sports but im not pathetic. (im the only person in my pe class that can catch...)
im not self conscious about my looks or my personality. just my brain..and my future.
im not ugly (by watever definition) but im also far from pretty (by watever definition) im AVERAGE -.-
my good person...ness? is........in my opinion highly lacking but i do try to do nice things when i remember to try to be nice.
im surrounded by ******* geniuses who stomp me at everything (academics, sports, arts, nice-ness)
so a lot of competition
i only speak english (but i can say **** in 7 languages)
i dont wanna be a harvard spawned lawyer. all i want is to go to college in canada, get married, have a huge *** family and an ok income (without depending on my husband who may not exist) and live happily ever after in a not rich not poor life style
do you think i can do this???
if not, do you think i can do some of these??? | 1) asian girl? you have millions of male fans. so far so good.
2) western raised? well, my worst relationships were with western raised asian girls. I find japanese raised asian girls to be more moral, less wild than american girls. More calm or something. i cant put my finger on it.
3) As long as your IQ is over 120, you have the tools you need to succeed at almost anything with some effort. Grades mean nothing. What is your IQ? Average IQ is a handicap. A hinderance. Doctors start at 120 IQ.
4) dont listen to people. My father told me my internet business wouldnt survive its 1st year because "nobody sells on the internet but con artists, sleazes and pornsters". That was 12 years ago.
5) you think your social skills are great, but, what do people think? its hard to gauge your own self on that. People will be the judge of that.
6) sport skills are worthless after you leave school. You won't need them.
7) you are average looking. So is the average person. Who here isn't average looking? And most of the hottest people, will fade anyways.
8) geniuses are good allies to have. Always surround yourself by them.
9) most people only speak one language fluently.
10) FIND A WEALTHY GUY. You really truly are western raised. Raised to hate dating successful guys. Get in touch with your asian side and chase you a REAL accomplished person. Dont settle for second best males. Don't be a ditch digger chasing poor guys or a silver digger chasing C student losers turned postal clerk. Be a gold digger and chase elite males. That is the best gift you can give a son. A successful father like i had. You can still work a job too. Just because you date successful doesnt mean your own career has to end.
11) You want to be NOT rich and NOT poor. That is your stated aim. Yes, you can succeed in being mediocre. Just dont be too smart or too dumb. | Asian trying to speak spanish? anything wrong? so i took 4 years of spanish in high school plus one quarter in college. when i am at work promoting a product and sometimes i might bust out some spanish if i think the person might need me to tell them what it is bc they dont know english/say it for fun. a girl i worked with says dont try b/c i might say something wrong (**** no i took 4 years in high school). i think she gets insulted when ppl assumes she speaks chinese or whatever but shes mexican.
so my question is how would you feel if someone approached you to try a product out and spoke spanish with you?
my opinion: i think if anyone spoke another language with me i would laugh and smile and be happy that they thought i oculd speak another language or looked like another ethnicity. | | I don't see a problem with it. I might be confused as I am about as white as you get, so it makes sense to come at me in English, but it's your sales pitch do what you want. | I got to a predomately white school and it makes me feel awkward and ugly, how do I deal with it? I used to go to a diverse school, but that all changed when my mom got married and moved to another town that's two hours away from my old town. Majority of the guys are white and the biggest minority are Asians, so my race is like the oddball out. It used to be that Asians and Latinas were the minority, but there's more of them than blacks. Anyways, these group of white guys are friendly towards me, but I feel I can't trust them like I trusted the white guys back at my old home. They seem fishy and unhonest. Like they have some tricks up their sleeves. What's even more awkward is that the guy I'm crushing on is white and he knows, but I'm afraid that he won;t like me because I'm black. At my old school, interracial dating was a town tradition, but here it's like "Ugh." to me. I don't wanna be like that white girl who had a crush on that black guy, but got insulted behind her back when he told his friends "I can't **** no white girl! My dad will kill me! I wouldn't touch a white chick!" I just want to fit in, but I don't feel comfortable talking to some white guys. | It appears Your screwed!
just be happy you will have good teaching resources.
that has to suck I would honestly hate the exact reversal of your situation being i am white.
i guess just be your self and hang with the less preppy guys it might save you some humiliation. | Any asian americans out there?!?!? UGH...do u guys face these kinda problems at home?
like whenever ur mom gets mad at you and you say something back (normally in english) and next thing you know your mom is saying...ARE YOU AN AMERICAN 년?!?! BLABLABLA insert random korean swear here.??
i mean its not my fault if i suck at korean, its not like im NOT TRYING AT ALL,
i dont get this! do parents realize that when you have a baby, and the baby is BORN in america and goes to an american public school and lives in america the guy is bound to speak english?! how am i supposed to be fluent in korean like a native korean if my parents dont teach me at all . dont get me wrong. i know the basic korean language, but its just that im not fluent at it. i mean, i wouldnt blame my parents if i always spoke in fluent korean to them at home and suddenly talk in english when we get in a fight, but i ALWAYS talk to my parents in english at home and they dont have a problem about it!
wut the beep is wrong with my parents?! what language do they expect me to speak?! i HATE it when they use this againts me whenever they're angry.its not my fault i was born in america..****.ugh | Just learn the language and culture, or there will always be a disconnect in thinking between you and your parents. It's your choice. You can choose to assimilate completely into American society, or choose to carry the extra burden of maintaining your heritage. It's tough. There is nothing wrong with either decision.
Also it's common that your parents expect you to act different than the average American. It's a flaw in their thinking. They don't understand the effects of growing up in a different society as an first generation immigrant. So you'll have to understand them, and let it slide. In the act of your parents speaking Korean to you and you responding back in English, there will be never a 100% level of understanding between both sides. The miscommunication cause psychological problems for guys growing up, due to them not being able to express themselves to their parents. I am one of them
I come from the same background as you, Korean-American. Born in the U.S, spoke Korean first and then English as my second language. I cried in preschool because I couldn't speak English. As I grew older and went through the U.S school system, English became my native tongue and my Korean got progressively worse. I use to speak English to my parents all the time when they spoke Korean to me. But I spent the last 5 years in a Korean craze, and became literally un-Americanized. All sparked by several encounters of racism in the states. (I thank it)
I spent two and a half years in Korea, came back fluent and now I understand my parents mindset, and feel closer to them more then ever.Communication is also no longer a problem. I can also see the U.S through a outsiders view and not just through 1 side. It's the true epitome of being multi cultural.
It's tough to do unless you have all the resources available like I did. many Korean influences, such as having fob friends, the environment, going to Korean church or having relatives in Korea. l even went to church as an atheist, just to be around other Koreans.
In life, there is no such thing equality or being born equal. Even in America, otherwise you wouldn't be dealing with the issues you have now. Make the best of it. If you feel more comfortable with having an American mindset, have a sit down with your parents and tell them firmly. I've had some severely white washed Korean American friends who did, they turned out just fine in life. Or you can choose the hard road, which in my opinion is much more liberating.
In the end, your blood is not your country. | Are guys at my school pervs and racist and rude? First of all on a class trip the hole grade went on ( we went to the moutains nere us) the boy I have a crush on had a cabin nere ours[behind] and they had a vew of us changing and ther cabin went up hill so the saw 20 girls taking showers,
we had to share a rest room with 10 showers with the cabin next to us and after I changed I put makeup and they wached ( shiver) then some guys were hiting on us exept for the fat girl in the cabin.......lol also if the teacher says somthing someone has to Say Thad what she said and they ask. Girls if ther frige is leaking or if they lke peaches
Rude
once my frend Brang a ten pound box of cholate abd all the guys Tolkien advantage of her and she only got 1 peace another time a guy slaped me in the face acedently and started running away so I screamed COME HERE YA LITTLE ****
now about the racist
they call asians yellow and Asians thAt act white twinkies
and it's like a traditoun | | Go to another school. Yours is turning out trite fools who can't write or spell. | How can racism affect African Americans today? This is the excuse I always here from liberals for continued black under-performance. But blacks have had equal rights since the 60s and slavery has been gone for 150 years. No living black was ever a slave and only the really old ones experienced jim crow. How does this excuse work?
"I want to study--but my grandpa was a slave so **** school."
"I don't want to smoke crack--but somewhere a long time ago black people couldn't eat at restaurants with whites, which means I'm too distraught to not smoke crack."
"The reason I failed the test is because I can't stop thinking about racism and am thus to stressed to do math."
Jews had it much worse than blacks but their education isn't effected by the holocaust. Asians come here poorer than them and end up doing better--they don't even know English as well as blacks. What is going on? | Oh my gosh! I totally agree!! Slavery and racism happened a loooong time ago it's like GET OVER IT! They are more racist towards whites if anything. And exactly, the Jews aren't complaining and whining because of the holocaust. I think we apologized for slavery and it's not like it was specifically us that did that. They were people that are dead! Its over!!! They expect us to keep giving to them but if everyones equal why should we? Also, people say its politically incorrect to call them black so we have to call them African Americans. What if they are from the caribbean or haiti or jamaica are we going to call them Haitian americans etc... Thats ridiculous. But we are called white. People aren't going to call us German-americans czech-italia- french-americans they just call us white which I don't have a problem with but why do they make a fuss about calling someone black? I have nothing against blacks and I am not racist at all it is just that people keep expecting us to keep giving to the blacks which we shouldn't have to do. I could go on but I think you get the point. Just one last thing. One african american didnt pass the test to become a firefighter but a white guy did and they let the black one in!!! Also the same thing happened for the police force and in some places they are trying to lower the score you have to get and its already low!!!
ALSO: If blacks think America is so racist why don't you LEAVE! | Rate my short story. Topic: Great Expectations? I was never particularly close with my parents. It wasn’t because they were horrible people, it wasn’t because they made me learn my times tables when I was 5, and it wasn’t even because they use to smack me whenever I did something naughty. It was because I felt ashamed, ashamed that their English was never as good as others, ashamed that they would always stand awkwardly in the corner at parent teacher meetings, ashamed at their heritage.
From a very young age I copped a lot of ridicule for being Chinese. Being one of only a few Asian guys at primary school, I was constantly a victim of the game ‘Spot the Chinese guy’. Back then I don’t think the other guys knew that there was a difference between Asian and Chinese and I didn’t either until some of the older guys told me. I was always bullied, being called names like ‘ching chong China man’ or being told that my parents named me by rolling a can with a coin in it down the stairs. For all of this I blamed my parents. I use to always think to myself ‘why did I have to be born this way?’, ‘why couldn’t I be white like the other guys?’ I think my parents saw my mentality, that’s why as primary school went on we slowly grew further and further apart.
One of the expectations my parents had for me and all my brothers and sisters was that we learned Chinese. I had already been taught Cantonese from when I was a toddler, but I didn’t know a word of Mandarin so that’s why my parents enrolled me in a Saturday Chinese school at the age of 7. They would always tell me “remember you are a Chinese boy, so that’s why you must know Chinese”. I was originally receptive of the idea of learning Chinese, but gradually I lost motivation. I didn’t see the importance of learning Chinese, I spoke English at school, I watched English television shows, when was I ever going to use these language skills? We lived in Australia for goodness sake.
It was not until I reached high school when I realised that I had been blaming my parents for all the wrong reasons. They still haven’t changed much from their broken English speaking, awkwardly standing in corners ways, but I realised that they weren’t to blame for me being picked on; I wasn’t to blame for me being picked on. It was the bullies who were to blame. The things being said escalated from ‘ching chong China man’ to ‘**** off you oriental ****’. I would tell my parents this but all they would say “aiii, don’t worry about them, we’ll see who is better when you become a lawyer”. I don’t think my parents can comprehend that there is more to life than getting the high paying jobs like doctors and lawyers. I can’t even joke about these things with them. I remember one time when I told my mum as a joke that I wanted to be a truck driver. Instead of getting a laugh, I got a long lecture about how she and my dad didn’t work so hard to put me through school, pay for tutors and pay my living expenses just to see me wind up as a truck driver. I told her it was a joke. She didn’t laugh.
Growing up in a Chinese household meant that you had countless amounts of relatives. And boy do I have lots of relatives. When you have as many relatives as I do you’re bound to get compared. At family gatherings, comparing is pretty much what the older generation do.
“What did your son get on his maths test hah?”
“He got 96%”
“Aiya, your son is so dumb, my daughter got 100%”
I don’t blame them though; having a guy with higher achievements meant more bragging rights.
I remember one time when coming home from a family gathering my parents gave me a little hint about what hopes they had for me in the future. They told me “when you are older and have a Chinese wife and Chinese guyren, you will have visit us and not leave us in a nursing home”. I always laugh on the inside when I hear this because I don’t think they realise that relationships are not as black and white as they think it is.
I had continued my Chinese lessons every Saturday since I was 7 years old and I am glad that I did. Although I still can’t speak the language fluently or fully understand everything that a person is saying, I still found an appreciation for the language. Now I can enjoy things such as Chinese movies and karaoke with my parents. And then I realised that learning Chinese was not only for my benefit, but it gave me a stronger relationship with my parents which I otherwise would not have had. I will never forget my parents telling me “remember you are a Chinese boy, so that’s why you must know Chinese”, because now I realise what they really mean by that is be proud of who you are and never forgot your lineage. | This is an interesting and a well-written story. I found some syntax errors and maybe one or two errors in gamma.
First Paragraph:
and it wasn’t even because they use to smack me whenever I did something naughty.
> Change "use to" to "used to" because it is past tense and habitual[1]
Paragraph 2
that there was a difference between Asian and Chinese and I didn’t either until some of the older guys told me.
> Add a comma between "Chinese" and "and".
I use to always think to myself
> "use to" => "used to"
Paragraph 3
I had already been taught Cantonese from when I was a toddler, but I didn’t know a word of Mandarin so that's why my parents enrolled me in a Saturday Chinese school at the age of 7.
> Try some form of stop between "Mandarin" and "so":
> "Mandarin; so that's why"
> "Mandarin. So that's why"
> or at least: "Mandarin, so that's why"
I didn’t see the importance of learning Chinese, I spoke
English at school, I watched English television shows, when was I ever
going to use these language skills?
> Needs to make "when was I ever..." a separate, independent, clause
> (as in a separate sentence,or something).
> Try this. Several changes have been made(look carefully):
I didn’t see the importance of learning Chinese as I only
spoke English at school, and I watched only English television
shows. When was I ever going to use those Chinese language skills? We
lived in Australia for goodness sake!
Paragraph 4
all they would say "aiii, don't worry about them, ..."
> Add "was" and capitalize. Change to:
all they would say was "Aiii, don't worry about them, ..."
"high paying jobs" should be hyphenated as "high-paying jobs"
Paragraph 5
comparing is pretty much what the older generation do.
> Use "does". Change to "what the older generation does."
"He got 96%"
"Aiya, your son is so dumb, my daughter got 100%"
> Added periods to the end in those quotes.
Paragraph 6
I remember one time when coming home from a family gathering my parents gave
> Add a comma after "from a family gathering", before "my parents gave".
"when you are older and have a Chinese wife..."
> Capitalize "when", the 1st word of the sentence in the quote.
"you will have visit us and not leave us in a nursing home"
> Change "you will have visit" to "you will have to visit"
> If both sides of the "and" are part of the same idea use:
"you will have to visit us and not leave us alone the a nursing home"
> otherwise change to:
"you will have to visit us; and don't put us in a nursing home"
relationships are not as black and white as they think it is.
> "it is" to "they are"
Paragraph 7
I had continued my Chinese lessons every Saturday since I was 7 years old and I am glad that I did.
> "I had continued" and "glad that I did" don'match.
> "I continued" and "I did" is better as in:
I continued my Chinese lessons every Saturday since I was 7 years old and I am glad that I did.
I will never forget my parents telling me "remember you are a Chinese boy, so that's why you must know Chinese", because now I realize what they really mean by that is be proud of who you are and never forgot your lineage.
> Capitalize the quote.
> man => meant (past tense)
> "it is be proud" to "; it is to be proud"
> "lineage" to "heritage"
> See below:
what they really mean by that was to be proud of who you are, and to neverforgot your heritage.
> or
what they really mean by that was "Be proud of who you are, and never forgot your heritage." | Why is bad behaviour, ignorance and rudeness tolerated in many western countries? In countries such as USA, England (and the rest of Britain) it seems that is acceptable for many guys to act like how I've stated.
Many guys:
Can't even recognise flags such as China, India and South Africa yet will have very strong, (usually wrong) racist views about countries. They state ridiculous ideas with no knowledge to back it up. They just repeat huge misconceptions that they've heard.
Are completely reluctant to accept diversity whether race, religion, age, nationality etc
Are rude to each other, teachers, parents and basically everyone who isn't their friend.
Are often violent
Are complete hypocrites - eg they can't take someone calling them something like "fat" when they have called that person something much worse. They also say things like "**** bin laden" when America have killed many more people in the middle-east than vice-versa.
They think the world revolves around them
Have virtually no general knowledge
There are loads more faults with guys, but I can't think of any more at the moment. If you know any, please share them.
Copy what they see in the media, Internet, games etc
--------------
In western countries, these problems are very common, but it seems it's accepted as part of western culture. People say "guys will be guys". In other countries that I've been and that I know about (eg China, Japan, India), acting like this would be a disgrace. If a guy was rude to someone, they would be in severe trouble whereas in countries like England and USA, parents would just say "don't do that again" but that won't discourage the guy. Asian guys in western countries get MUCH better grades, get 75% less detentions and are more punctual in proportion to white guys. In Asian countries, popularity at school goes in this order:
Intelligence
Talent eg sports, art, music etc
Being a complete ****
In USA it's the opposite. Should (we) western countries be worried about the future? Do changes in parenting need to be made?
What do you think | Okay. Everyone I know can recognise flags, even really small countries flags.
Racist.... No, my friends are accepting and open for most things.
Many people, not just teenagers repeat what they hear. It's natural. And some ideas are weird, but it doesn't make them wrong. It's an idea and opinion.
Rude to each other- well yes, we are, but not to everyone. I wouldn't cheek my teachers, or elders. I do cheek my parents sometimes.
Often violent- only to protect myself. I hate violence, it shouldn't solve anything, but sadly, where I live, it's sometimes the only way to stop yourself being raped.
Everyone is a hypocrite. If I call someone fat, fine, if they call me fat I will be of offended, just like they will be when I call them fat. And Osama is awful, it's such horrid violence, the twin towers was horrific. America is not in the right either, but they were trying to protect their people.
Think the world revolves around them- many, many people are like that. Not just teens.
No general knowledge. Define that. I read papers, watch news, read into politics. No real interest in sciences and stuff, but law fascinates me.
Copy what they see- that is how people learn. if you see people doing something over and over and they aren't punished most people will do that too. That is totally normal.
And guys will be guys. Guyren will drop things and make mistakes, teenagers will disobey their parents and challenge the rules. It's part of growing up.
And in most schools popularity actually goes more like this:
Sport
Funny
Talent
Intelligence
*** |
|