High Expectations Chinese Teacher
As you all know, my Chinese teacher is a bit of a raving dictator on steroids. On the first day of school, she started going on about how anything below an A- is unacceptable and if you get anything less, you will have to spend your lunchtimes with her. Everyone started freaking out because who wants to spend their lunch being berated by someone whose nostrils flare to the size of windpipes every time she shouts?It was enough listening to her rant on and on about getting nothing less than an ‘A’ on our exams, but we had to sit there in the freezing cold while she was doing it. I don’t know if the Chinese teacher was raised by polar bears in the Antarctic or whatever because she’s always turning the air-con on to a temperature I’d like to call “So high you can’t feel your fingers and you think you’re going to get frost bite”.
One of the girls mustered up the courage to tell her that it was too cold and asked her whether she could turn the air-con off. Then the Chinese teacher shouted, “IT IS NOT TOO COLD, YOU GUYS ARE TALKING TOO MUCH IT IS MAKING ME HOT!”
I have no idea why our talking made her hot, it’s not like anyone said anything sensual. But nevertheless, she refused to turn the air-con off so we all had to sit there in the freezing cold for an hour while she kept yapping on about how we all “NEEDED TO GET AN A+ OR WE FAIL”.
What is up with Asian teachers and their high expectations?
Ha, this made me lol. I think most Asians have high expectations when it comes to grades. My Chinese friend was forced to quit track by his parents because he got a B+ in an AP science class.
My parents are just slightly upset when I get a C. I thinks it’s worse when you’re in a crowded classroom with people you want to get hit by an asteroid and the teacher turns the temp up to 100 degrees. Ugh.
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If this woman was from any other ethnicity I’d be surprised that she’d be so bang out of line.
But being Asian? I think this might be the best defined stereotype on the Internet because for the most part, it is startlingly accurate. I wouldn’t put it past no Chinese teacher to behave like that. No Chinese parent, tutor, etc.
I took a Mandarin Chinese GCSE along with a couple others although I did this one in a Chinese school outside my regular school (because my school doesn’t offer it). The week before the GCSE exam, we were having our last lesson which is usually the “study shove” type lesson where you are exceedingly frantic and your blood pressure is through the roof. She calmly said just before we were leaving that “Not one of my students have EVER gotten anything below and A*. ALL A*. No A, no B, NOOOOO C. Even the English ones *gives glaring look at one failing English kid in class*”
There was one girl who she had taught in previous years who had gotten an A at GCSE (OH NO! only an A?) but she was disowned. Well, until she picked up a job in the government translating in Mandarin which redeemed her and the score was counted an anomaly.
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hahaha you’re going to hate me for correcting you, but technically polar bears live in the Arctic circle & penguins live in Antartica.
But anyway LULZ @ your teacher. Man she sounds insane. I don’t understand why she’s so crazy…her expectations are really high, but I guess this will prepare you for college when things get a lot tougher. I think you will definitely hate her irrational behavior & high expectations now, but you may (or maybe not!) appreciate it when you’re ten times smarter than everyone else in your class later on in life..because you had such a crazy ass teacher. hahaha.
I can’t believe she thinks an A- is not good enough. B, maybe, but an A-? SHEEESH.
Those pictures totally made me laugh. NOT GOOD ENOUGH.
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Hi Rainie,
I know, that you don’t know me, I just came along your site! I really like your layout and you are really good at designing. I have read a few of your blogs before and I have heard you talk about your Chinese teacher before, Sounds pretty mean to me, And strict.
-Cassidy
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Lmao, this made me laugh. It’s an Asian thing - the high expectations. I dunno
But you’ll find plenty more lunatic teachers in the future ;).
By the way, love the resources you have here!
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I’ve never had an Asian teacher before, but I have an Asian mom, which I imagine is pretty darn close. xD
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Hi I’m Haley!
That teacher sounds insane! I couldn’t get an A+ on everything if my life depended on it! I used to have a crazy teacher. She would yell at you about anything. She would ask for a machete and knives and other crazy things! I was so scared to be in that class I didn’t think I would make it out alive. But it just made the year go faster ;)
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Hmm, I think everyone can have high expectations, not just Asians
She does sound like a completely crazy teacher
Well its school, if there WASN’T a weird teacher there, then you should be worried xD
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I hate my Chinese teacher but she is just too stupid to notice……
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