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kalak
Joined: 06 Mar 2007
Location: dublin
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 Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 9:23 pm Post subject: You're a terrorist!!! |
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yesterday in class some of my 6th grade elementary students we were doing a Unit on families, i had asked the students the previous class to bring in pictures of their families and i would bring in pictures of mine.
so class started as normal, kids were getting a kick from showing their pics, then it was my time. I should first say that i have blond hair and blue eyes naturally, as does my mom, but my father is Iranian and has darker skin and clearly looks Arab.
so i show them the pic of my mom and they're all like "so pretty, very beautiful", then i show them the pic of my dad and they all start yelling "TERRORIST!!!!" while making bomb noises etc.
i was very shocked at this, considering these kids are being taught by another foreign teacher who is black and they love him.
there is no real point to my story. just a little shocked. the same kids who go on about the other foreign teacher being very handsome, call my dad a terrorist. |
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DomoDomo
Joined: 17 Nov 2008
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| Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 9:47 pm Post subject: |
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| Did you tell your dad? |
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ChinaBoy
Joined: 17 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 9:50 pm Post subject: |
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| blacks aren't terrorists |
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kalak
Joined: 06 Mar 2007
Location: dublin
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| Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 9:56 pm Post subject: |
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| i haven't yet, but i will when i call home on sunday. he'll find it hilarious though. |
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Straphanger
Joined: 09 Oct 2008
Location: Chilgok, Korea
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| Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 10:00 pm Post subject: Re: You're a terrorist!!! |
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| kalak wrote: |
| so i show them the pic of my mom and they're all like "so pretty, very beautiful", then i show them the pic of my dad and they all start yelling "TERRORIST!!!!" while making bomb noises etc. |
Is your dad a terrorist? |
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kalak
Joined: 06 Mar 2007
Location: dublin
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| Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 10:08 pm Post subject: |
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no, a business man.
i think my life would be alot more interesting if he was a terrorist however!! |
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Css
Joined: 27 Sep 2004
Location: South of the river
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| Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 10:12 pm Post subject: |
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| Sadly, in this day and age..you will get a lot of kids that age saying things like that :/ |
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sharkey
Joined: 12 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 10:17 pm Post subject: |
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lol, oh the ignorance of the young = )
thats a crazy story |
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ChopChaeJoe
Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 10:40 pm Post subject: |
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| At least they didn't start cheering about 9/11 and the WTC coming down. |
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waynehead
Joined: 18 Apr 2006
Location: Jongno
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| Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 10:42 pm Post subject: |
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You can use this to your advantage. If they start acting up, just threaten to call your dad 
J/k...sorry korean kids can be so insensitive/ignorant, but, well, it's no surprise. |
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Straphanger
Joined: 09 Oct 2008
Location: Chilgok, Korea
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| Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2008 1:27 am Post subject: |
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| waynehead wrote: |
You can use this to your advantage. If they start acting up, just threaten to call your dad
J/k...sorry korean kids can be so insensitive/ignorant, but, well, it's no surprise. |
Kids are kids. I have a lot of respect for them because they speak the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
It's also why they annoy me. |
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bundangbabo
Joined: 01 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2008 1:37 am Post subject: |
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I don't think Iranians are Arabs anyway. Just educate the horizontally challenged minded charges in front of you that the Arabic world does not include Iran.
And there is no proof that Iran is a terrorist state! Tell them that if the Koreans decide to send over thick as mince missionaries to Tehran that they won't be getting beheaded anytime soon!  |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2008 6:00 am Post subject: |
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| You clearly should stay in an open-minded country like the US where people would never assume someone's a terrorist for having dark skin or a beard. |
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skconqueror
Joined: 31 Jul 2005
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| Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2008 6:55 am Post subject: |
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| RACETRAITOR wrote: |
| You clearly should stay in an open-minded country like the US where people would never assume someone's a terrorist for having dark skin or a beard. |
Yep, exactly, no racial profiling there.  |
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ChinaBoy
Joined: 17 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2008 3:28 pm Post subject: |
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| skconqueror wrote: |
| RACETRAITOR wrote: |
| You clearly should stay in an open-minded country like the US where people would never assume someone's a terrorist for having dark skin or a beard. |
Yep, exactly, no racial profiling there. |
EVERYONE thinks something of someone because of the color of their skin.
"KOREANS do this", "ASIANS do that".. same thing. |
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