I am an adult learner at a technical school. Recently, I have become disheartened at hearing other adult learners making fun of each other, and one made a comment directed towards me.
First, a hispanic female made a comment, "No offense, but all white people are stupid."
We have a girl in our class from the south, and someone said, "She's been here for years, why does she still sound so retarded?"
And today, a woman said to me, "Why are you so fat? Do you have a drinking problem? Beer makes you fat. You must be an alcoholic." (I was very bothered due to the fact that I have been dieting for 8 months).
Jeez! We're adults! We are all between the ages of 20 and 50, and the ones making all of the comments are in their 30s! What are people's problems? We just started classes not even a month ago, none of us really even know each other, yet we have people with high school mentalities.
How to deal with people like this? It seems a little immature to go tattling, but..........?
2007-09-28
10:51:18
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Barney Blake
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