Monday, June 10, 2013

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Never have I ever hated a person so much so as to wish for their death and suffering. If you ever come to study at Sophia University, avoid this creature called Motohashi at all costs. If I had to pick one thing and name it as the worst decision I ever made, it would have to be taking this class. I have never been so insulted and spoken to in such a condescending manner as I have today. As a teacher and a senior, you are obligated to teach and guide your students to a better understanding of the information of which you have mastered and are more familiar with than anyone else, especially during times of trouble, and even more so when they approach you first. You are not supposed to shut them up with your nasty comments and you are not supposed to ignore them and walk out the door before they're halfway through their sentence.
For the first time today, I was criticized by a non-native English speaker about my English language skills. Apparently, my spoken English is difficult to understand and my comprehension of the language is even worse. And also for the first time today, I was reassured of the vanity of all my efforts to perform well in this class with words like, "there is nothing we can do if you don't understand it," ("it" being the English language).
So in Japan, when you take an intro to Japanese linguistics course, you are supposed to explain over ten different concepts and ideas in linguistic terms so that everyone who is capable of reading (meaning even those at an elementary level) can understand it--all within fives pages, because, for once, a university professor actually demands less over more; that anything over five pages will result in a failing grade of F. Despite being non-Japanese and enrolling in the faculty of liberal arts, which has no Japanese language department (i.e.: no Japanese language as a major), you are expected to know the Japanese language. And also in Japan, when you write university-leveled papers, you are not to use pronouns, so as to prevent the induction of any sort of confusion in the reader about what you are referring to; thus "this" "that" "it" and the sort are all banned words. You also should use ever so sparingly punctuations such as colons (:) because they are deceiving and serve purposes other than listing and clarifying a statement. For an intro class, there sure are quite a lot of prerequisites required. And for someone who specializes in Japanese linguistics, you sure have quite the knowledge about the English language and the rules of punctuation, notwithstanding your terrible accent and inability to distinguish a comma from an apostrophe. Perhaps you should also attach "Doctor of English Language Studies and Writing" to your academic and professional credentials.
When all but two of your thirty students are failing, perhaps it is time to do some self-reflection and consider the possibility of the problem lying within yourself and not your students. However, if you are so unwilling to help your students who are working hard not only for the sake of a good grade but for the sake of preserving their value of perseverance through the obstacles, then perhaps you should not be a teacher.
I have to hand it to you, though, you did a spectacular job on crushing my smile and evoking such negative energy within me. Thank you for being the first regretful decision in my twenty-two years of living, and thank you for tainting my heart with such dark wishes.

And by the way, I cannot make out one comment, probably because my English reading skills are also lacking, so would someone be so kind as to help this poor girl figure out what this says? Otherwise, I will really misunderstand and take it to mean something bad..

2 comments:

  1. She called you a bitch? Her handwriting is soo bad, for a moment there I had to figure out if that was written in english or japanese. That's one horrible teacher, but don't let her get to you. She's probably a very angery person taking their anger out on her students. smh

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    1. It's a guy professor and he does have a problem. He's a tenured professor, so he doesn't care. Totally abusing his power.

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