Today, at a tutoring center, one of the tutors looked at my worksheet and laughed. She then showed all the other tutors my mistakes and they laughed along with her. The best part? They all speak Chinese and they think I can't understand them. I'm Chinese. FML
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Today, in algebra, I took out my notebook. My Chinese teacher was so impressed with my "Chinese" writings on the cover that I'm now her "favorite student". Those "Chinese" symbols are actually Japanese, but I wanted someone to like me so badly that I didn't correct her. FML
Today, in calculus, our substitute teacher told me I was smart. Everybody in the class, including my friends, burst out laughing. FML
Today, I was eating at a Chinese restaurant, when I stopped the waitress to tell her that even though I am of Chinese heritage, I can't understand a word of Chinese. After an awkward silence, she told me she was actually speaking English. FML
Today, I was asked to prove that I was Chinese by translating the phrase, "Ching chong ming chang ho". I'm not even Chinese. FML
Today, a girl called me a racist, stereotyping asshole. All I did was ask a kid who happens to be Asian to tutor me in math. Which I didn't do just because he's Asian, but rather because he's in college and is actually a brilliant mathematician. FML
Today, the Chinese student I've been teaching English to got on stage in front of hundreds of people to read her final essay. She ended with, "What a fucking day." I don't swear, and I no longer have a job. FML
Today, I went to see the school counselor to schedule my classes for school. She asked me if I knew how to speak English. My parents are Chinese and I don't even know how to speak Chinese. I've lived in America my whole life. Plus, I even spoke to her in English to ask about classes. FML
Today, at the nail salon, a Korean woman was making fun of me. I kindly told her, in Korean, that I understood. She kindly told me, in English, that she didn't care. FML
Today, I called the Vietnamese teacher at my son's kindergarten by my Chinese colleague's name. Luckily, she didn't catch it. I'm not a racist, I was just tired after a long day. FML
Today, my math TA showed the class how one of her "dumb" students answered a test question. Everyone laughed as she wrote out the students answer, including myself, until I looked down at my answer sheet and saw that I submitted an identical answer. FML
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ohsnapword 21
This is the part when you start speaking Chinese to them.
roaf 13
That's when you take your money and get out.
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Comments (34)
RedPillSucks 33
Why would people whose job it is to help you laugh about stuff like that. people don't got to tutoring sessions because they know the stuff. I hate cocky knowitalls
LucyLollipop 22
My cousin's wife is Greek and she once went to a restaurant and they were talking shit about her in Greek, saying she was fat, stupid, etc, thinking she didn't speak it. So she ordered a bunch of complicated orders and once they were gathered in front of her and it was time to pay, she looked them dead in the eyes, and in fluent Greek reamed them a new one, until they were well and truly chagrined. Then she turned and walked out without any of the food and never went back again. Moral of the story: Bitch them out in Chinese like a boss, OP.
LucyLollipop 22
It seems to have cut off the end of my post. "Bitch them out in Chinese like a boss."
deathshead 19
well, I see the end here on my end...
Lalala579121 28
Apparently it cut off the end in the second comment, since you forgot the ", OP".
Fmelikeuhateme 24
I've seen a similar post at Quora, except it was Italian, and the girl actually talked to the people making fun of her. I don't remember exactly how she wrote it since it was a couple months ago, but she was a real badass.
claudiajean 24
Go up to them and ask to see your worksheet in English and then as they give it to you say "Thank you very much" in Cantonese/Mandarin or whichever language they were speaking and walk away
hkhan24 23
what were they saying?
Ulfar Inn Svarti Þorisson 2
If they do it again you should respond in Chinese with something to the extent of, "I may make some stupid mistakes, but at least I am not mean!"
imabat 14
Hey good for you, for standing up to racial stereotypes.
writerchic85 26
So report them to their superior. The point of being a tutor is to help people not laugh at them.
caggybandicoot 34
Why are you putting up with that? Tell a supervisor or reveal to them you can understand them and give them what for. Don't stand for it, OP.
StoneColdShaky 8
I'm a little confused... why would your tutors assume that a Chinese person, in Hong Kong, would not understand Chinese?
Fmelikeuhateme 24
Maybe he doesn't look like chinese.
istishia 12
I'm guessing OP is an international school student?
waleedma 18
Rude !!!!