Daily doses of amusement
2 doses of amusement at my daily job:
1) A majority of my volunteers are white. So I find it amusing when, during their tutor screening/interview, I ask them (as an obvious Asian person) “So what are your experiences working with diverse populations?” and their eyes look down and this happens:
Interviewee: “um…none really. Wait, what do you mean by diverse? Like…race?”
Me: “Race, ethnicity, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, whatever you consider diverse.”
Interviewee: “Well, I’m from a small town made up most mostly…well…white people, so I didn’t have much exposure. But I think there was one Mexican family. And uh, I worked with…a lot of different types of people. That’s it, I guess.”
Okay, not all of them do this, but a few did! I’m not the least bit offended. In fact, I assured them that’d they’d be able to work with a good mix of people because we pull from all different neighborhoods. But I was secretly amused yet proud that they’d be honest about their experiences.
2) The kids in the classroom were working on stuff and some kids start calling my name. It went like this:
Kid #1: MISS AMY!!
Kid #2: He’s just calling you because he liiiiiikes you!
Kid #1: NO I DON’T!
Kid #1: Uh huh! Amy and **** sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-Y-AND-Z
Well I guess it’s a good thing I’m running a program to help kids learn how to read and spell so they can make fun of their classmates appropriately!
1) A majority of my volunteers are white. So I find it amusing when, during their tutor screening/interview, I ask them (as an obvious Asian person) “So what are your experiences working with diverse populations?” and their eyes look down and this happens:
Interviewee: “um…none really. Wait, what do you mean by diverse? Like…race?”
Me: “Race, ethnicity, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, whatever you consider diverse.”
Interviewee: “Well, I’m from a small town made up most mostly…well…white people, so I didn’t have much exposure. But I think there was one Mexican family. And uh, I worked with…a lot of different types of people. That’s it, I guess.”
Okay, not all of them do this, but a few did! I’m not the least bit offended. In fact, I assured them that’d they’d be able to work with a good mix of people because we pull from all different neighborhoods. But I was secretly amused yet proud that they’d be honest about their experiences.
2) The kids in the classroom were working on stuff and some kids start calling my name. It went like this:
Kid #1: MISS AMY!!
Kid #2: He’s just calling you because he liiiiiikes you!
Kid #1: NO I DON’T!
Kid #1: Uh huh! Amy and **** sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-Y-AND-Z
Well I guess it’s a good thing I’m running a program to help kids learn how to read and spell so they can make fun of their classmates appropriately!