New Foreign Policy
I can't even believe i haven't thought of writing this sooner. I don't see what the dillema is here, i don't see how this isn't fair to them. What bothers me is how i used to sit in a college level english class with tons of foreign students, watching them fumble around forgeting conjuctions and mispronounce words just so that they could recieve a better grade then me in a class that is my native language. Unbelieveable. I would just sit there being a quite audience member while some foreign girl would present her paper using paragraphs like this:
"I like reading article cause it very interesting. It show how author he really happy. She do good job with making many word sound good. Also many good point. Best part is at end when hero save person from die."
This is about the time when i slam my head into the desk repeatedly because i know that this is B+ material. Im not lying. As she makes a notion that she is done, the teacher just looks so proud of her and everyone starts clapping. WHY, that was aweful? The best is when i present my flawlessly edited and well thought out thesis, just to have it come back with a C on it because i had a "weak conclusion" I just want to stand up and interupt her mid sentence and be like "NO! Look, she mixed up the pronoun! C'mon! Thats atleast -3! And can you believe she left out the word "the"? C'mon you all saw that!"
If I can take a college level Spanish course and be penalized for not prouncing the "h" correctly then she should be graded to this scale as well. If people can't speak English in a college level English class then I shouldn't be held to such high standards in my Spanish class. Fair is fair.
The best is when my English teacher suggests that they should tutor me in English because they are getting a better grade then me. Honestly, from now on everyone...call out foreigner's mistakes! I mean honestly, when was the last time a foreigner didn't criticize Americans for being unfair. If fair is what they want. Fair is what they will get.
"I like reading article cause it very interesting. It show how author he really happy. She do good job with making many word sound good. Also many good point. Best part is at end when hero save person from die."
This is about the time when i slam my head into the desk repeatedly because i know that this is B+ material. Im not lying. As she makes a notion that she is done, the teacher just looks so proud of her and everyone starts clapping. WHY, that was aweful? The best is when i present my flawlessly edited and well thought out thesis, just to have it come back with a C on it because i had a "weak conclusion" I just want to stand up and interupt her mid sentence and be like "NO! Look, she mixed up the pronoun! C'mon! Thats atleast -3! And can you believe she left out the word "the"? C'mon you all saw that!"
If I can take a college level Spanish course and be penalized for not prouncing the "h" correctly then she should be graded to this scale as well. If people can't speak English in a college level English class then I shouldn't be held to such high standards in my Spanish class. Fair is fair.
The best is when my English teacher suggests that they should tutor me in English because they are getting a better grade then me. Honestly, from now on everyone...call out foreigner's mistakes! I mean honestly, when was the last time a foreigner didn't criticize Americans for being unfair. If fair is what they want. Fair is what they will get.
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