Calcium Discrimination.
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NEW TITLES! *woot!*
I can't be bothered finding songs anymore, but that's not the point of changing these titles. I want to be able to express myself in these titles! If that makes any sense anyway, but since when did anything I do ever make sense? So.... title change!! Maybe I'll do some songs sometimes. But I bet half the people who have visited this site don't even listen to the songs I post here. *sigh* oh well. You can't always win.
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The thing that pisses me off most in the world (aside from typo errors and grammar mistakes ... and deliberate stupidity) is the fact that most people here think that any
Asian country.. no, make that
South East Asian country is a third world country. I swear, they do.
People say "Oh, you're from Malaysia? Isn't that like a really poor country?" For YOUR information, it's NOT. Because if it was a
really poor country like you people think it is, do you think I would be speaking english so well, be so sporty or even (and I'm not being snobby here) being the one that all the teachers think is brilliant?
*cough english maths japanese cough*NO! So I'll now relate what exactly happened in my Food class today. We were learning about Calci-Yum! and my teacher decided to tell us about what happens when you have a calcium deficiency (umm... you get osteoporosis?) and she decided to ask "So who has been to an Asian country?"
And then ***** (I'm not naming anyone here) sticks up her hand and Ms. M asks her which ones. So ***** says "Umm... I've been to Thailand... Vietnam(?).... oh and Malaysia." So obviously I'm going to listen to what the Ms. M has to say once ***** and *** have said Malaysia and guess what.
Ms M: Well, when you went there, you notice that the people there are really small?
*****: Oh yea, actually. I'm like a giant compared to them.
(This is me in italics)
That's only because Asians are usually small!!! You whites are naturally big! Do I look small to you?***: They're all like tiny.
Ms M: Yes... that's because when they were children they didn't have enough calcium in their diet. See, in Asian countries, they don't have enough space for cows so they don't drink a lot of milk when they're children. They have lots of paddy fields and a few buffalos...
A few. A FEW?! Have you even been to Asia, woman?!Ms M(continued): But that's all. They don't have enough milk or cheese. That's why their bones don't develop to the maximum and that's what happens when you're calcium deficient as a child.
REWINDSee, in Asian countries, they don't have enough space for cows so they don't drink a lot of milk when they're children. They have lots of paddy fields and a few buffalos...W.H.A.T. the ...... fishsticks?!
You can tell that this teacher has NEVER set foot in Malaysia before. We've got cows, for god's sakes! And even if we didn't have cows, there is such a thing as supermarkets you know. We don't all live in kampungs. And we are
not a third world country! Get that right before you start telling kids why Asian kids are small.
CALCIUM DISCRIMINATION!!! rawr!
You people know nothing! You don't even know where Vietnam is on the map! (And that's a fact. They could NOT find Vietnam on the map last year during History.)
So don't start telling people stuff you don't know!
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