School, Racism and Teachers: Some people don't belong in education

Some people don't belong in education

By Panagiotis - 01/10/2022 18:01 - United States

Today, we had a substitute teacher. She was taking attendance and had trouble pronouncing my last name. When I corrected her, I heard her mutter under her breath about, “Goddamn Mexican immigrants…” I’m from Greek ancestry, born in the USA. FML

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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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By kdubz23 - 17/02/2014 22:41 - United States - Pittsburgh

Today, the parent of a student called to ask me about a homework assignment. At the end of the call, she told me that I seem to be losing my "Asian accent" from when she first talked to me in the summer. I was born in the US, grew up in NJ and speak perfect English. FML

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By Mark - 06/06/2012 02:21 - United States

Today, it was the last day of school, and I said goodbye to one of my students. She then told me how to correctly pronounce her name. I'd said it wrong all year. 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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By Rinelric1998 - 31/10/2013 02:59 - United States - Greensboro

Today, some kid asked me if I was Mexican. After I explained to him that I was actually Venezuelan, he simply snorted and said, "That's the same f*cking thing. If you speak Spanish then you're Mexican." FML

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By Anonymous - 21/03/2013 10:43 - United States - Kalamazoo

Today, there was a new girl in one of my classes. We both corrected a classmate on his grammar, so, trying to make a new friend, I leaned back to her and said, "Haha, fellow Grammar Nazi?" She gave me a disgusted look and told me she was Jewish. FML

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What word was it?

By BigBall - 09/09/2023 20:00 - United States - Los Angeles

Today, a tourist from an English-as-second-language country taught me a new word. In English. FML

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By Anonymous - 03/09/2021 02:01

Today, my mom hit me in the face after an argument she didn't win. According to her, Mexican and American are languages, and not dialects or nationalities. She even argued with my teachers, and threatened to remove me "from a school full of uneducated people" after they told her I was correct. FML

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By englishfail - 15/01/2010 17:39 - United States

Today, I was teaching a class and my student pointed out that I used the wrong "your" while writing on the board. FML

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Hangryko 27

Sunday 2 October 2022 2:25

File a complaint with the school office or principle.

JackWood 19

Sunday 2 October 2022 0:52

Why do you care who it was about? It was racist on it's face.

Comments

McCheese09 10

Sunday 2 October 2022 0:38

narcissistic to think it was about you then.

JackWood 19

Sunday 2 October 2022 0:52

Why do you care who it was about? It was racist on it's face.

Michael Sawyer 11

Monday 3 October 2022 16:14

good thing you get to hide behind some dum screen name. because you just branded yourself a racist.

BurnInDemonFire 33

Sunday 2 October 2022 1:02

I thought there was something odd about George Stephanopoulos. Turns out he was lying to us this whole time.

RichardPencil 30

Sunday 2 October 2022 2:05

Y'know, usually immigrants change their names to something typically American like Singh, Nguyen or Nkosi.

Hangryko 27

Sunday 2 October 2022 2:25

File a complaint with the school office or principle.

Hangryko 27

Sunday 2 October 2022 4:36

*principal

Michael Sawyer 11

Monday 3 October 2022 16:17

personally I would go straight to the top of the school food chain, School Superintendent, & the school board as if the teacher has tenure, only they can let the teacher go.