Today in management class, to further our discussion on cross-cultural differences, the teacher had two international students in our class go down the the front to talk about what the differences between American culture and the cultures of whatever countries they've traveled to and lived in.

The guy was German and spoke English, French and German (They're required to learn two other languages) and had lived in Korea and was studying in Switzerland before he came to America. The girl was from Hong Kong and studied in France for 4 years before coming here. It was impressive how many languages they spoke and how much they knew about all these different countries.

Enough background. And now, to what really matters. What pissed me off:

These stupid hicks sitting in a row in front of me. There are 5 morons. 2 of them are particularly of note:

One of them I had worked with in a group project before, last semester. He is wearing an Old South Confederacy fraternity t-shirt that has a nostalgic looking blurry picture of a plantation home of some sort with Confederate soliders looking all noble parading in front of it on high horses. It says something about not forgetting the good old days. Yeah, the good old days when you had slaves to flog.

The other is this pompous conservative bastard who'd been making comments all semester long. Stupid, narrow-minded, irritatingly and undeservedly indignant comments. He's one of those Republican idiots that think Americans are level to God Almighty and should bomb the hell out of whatever piddly country provokes or - god forbid, disagrees with us. He fancies himself already an infalliable businessman and probably thinks he'll be a disgustingly wealthy CEO by the time he's 25. The smirk on his face and the way he arrogantly reclines in his chair stinks of self-importance.

As the German guy starts talking about how the American culture is different (for example, in Germany the girls would never wear flip flops and pajama pants to class) and how some Germans were againt the war in Iraq, Mr. Pompous Sh*thole starts smirking and saying how those Germans hate America. When the Asian girl starts talking about how the young people in Asia kind of like how Americans are so easy going and independent, Mr. Pompous Sh*thold starts smirking and saying how China hates America.

I wanted to reach down and bitch slap him.
He sits right in front of me, so everytime I see his face contort into that ugly supercilious expression my fingers itch to come into contact with his head. I wouldn't even bother explaining to the bastard laughing at the Asian girl stumbling over her English that those two students up there speak at least 3 languages fluently and deserve more patience and respect out of us 'ethnocentric' (oooh.. management word) Americans. Both the guy and the girl said that the countries they're from and visited even though don't always agree with Americans, are very welcoming to its citizens anyways. And here they are mocking and rolling their eyes at the international students.

Oh, and before class was even half over, the guy with the Old South t-shirt gets up to leave. Then this other frat buddy leaves. Then the guy next to him. The other 2 stooges stay behind to grace the rest of the class with their educated comments and thought-provoking questions.

Fuckers.

It amazes me how many ignorant moRons I meet that have never been out of the country and have the audacity to think themselves and their culture so damn superior.