
"Are you prejudiced?" asks StapMyVitals. Have you been a victim of prejudice? Are you a columnist for a popular daily newspaper? Don't bang on about how you never judge people on first impressions - no-one will believe you.
( , Thu 1 Apr 2010, 12:53)
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is when you have a college professor trying to teach you differential equations with such a strong accent that you can't understand a word he's saying.
Just because the university in Delhi gave him his degree and he's fucking brilliant at math doesn't mean that he's a good fit at a US university.
(Actually I liked Dr. Raychowdhury, but the first week was intensely frustrating.)
( , Mon 5 Apr 2010, 22:47, 1 reply)

I wanted to listen to him and learn from him. The problem was that I could barely understand him for the first couple of weeks until I worked out his version of English.
Once we got past the language barrier I was okay with him, but it was a lot of work that should not have been necessary.
( , Tue 6 Apr 2010, 1:07, closed)

I can understand that a lecturer with a strong accent might require more work on behalf of the listeners but if he is excellent at Maths, a qualified, good and likable teacher then he sounds fit for a lectureship at a US university to me.
( , Tue 6 Apr 2010, 1:42, closed)

Take that you utter scoundrel.
( , Tue 6 Apr 2010, 1:52, closed)
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