Russian Prof
So, I was going over a corrected essay I wrote for my Russian language class. I did okay and earned the grade I recieved, but the prof made a note on my essay that I found confusing.
The essay was about my mother's life. I wrote a sentence that I guess turned out to be ambiguous: "When she was eleven years old her uncle died and her mother was very sad." Now the word for uncle in (transliterated) Russian is "dyadya" and since OSU seems to think that their Russian students can't handle father "otets" or mother "mater'" they are taught papa "papa" and mama "mama", the prof wrote above my word dyadya, "papa?"
I was rather offended. This is my fourth year of Russian. I think I know the differece between "dyadya" and "papa" I try not to even use "papa" I felt like the prof thinks that I don't know the difference between the words for uncle and papa. That's just effin ridiculus. Granted I didn't make it obvious that my grandfather was still around. And the next sentence goes on to talk about how after her uncle's death and during her mother's depression over the death, my mother took over raising the younger kids. But still FOUR YEARS OF RUSSIAN!!!!! I know the dratted effin difference between dyadya and papa for love!!!
I'm a bit better now. I actually emailed the prof about it and she replied, "O.K., I see it now. It was not clear to me since you were talking about your
mother helping to raise the younger children, if I am not mistaken. Sorry for the confusion."
This just made me even more upset at her because it makes it seem all that more obvious that she thought my word choice was wrong, when it wasn't.
ARRGGGHHH!!!!!
Okay, I'm done now.
No, I'm not. Shit like this keeps happening to both the PD and I in our dealingss with the department. Other options for the PhD may not be a bad decision. I am a very proactive person in most areas of my life and if I see something wrong I try to get it fixed. And I'm very upfront about it. When things are going well I'm pretty content to just go with the flow to the point that some see me as shy. So, when I'm proactive about something it freaks them out I guess. I've even been bitched out for being proactive. GRRR!!!
I'm just annoyed and frustrated and sleep deprived. I think some sleep might help and hopefully keep me from going off on said prof tomorrow in class. And these dratted political adds aren't helping.
The essay was about my mother's life. I wrote a sentence that I guess turned out to be ambiguous: "When she was eleven years old her uncle died and her mother was very sad." Now the word for uncle in (transliterated) Russian is "dyadya" and since OSU seems to think that their Russian students can't handle father "otets" or mother "mater'" they are taught papa "papa" and mama "mama", the prof wrote above my word dyadya, "papa?"
I was rather offended. This is my fourth year of Russian. I think I know the differece between "dyadya" and "papa" I try not to even use "papa" I felt like the prof thinks that I don't know the difference between the words for uncle and papa. That's just effin ridiculus. Granted I didn't make it obvious that my grandfather was still around. And the next sentence goes on to talk about how after her uncle's death and during her mother's depression over the death, my mother took over raising the younger kids. But still FOUR YEARS OF RUSSIAN!!!!! I know the dratted effin difference between dyadya and papa for love!!!
I'm a bit better now. I actually emailed the prof about it and she replied, "O.K., I see it now. It was not clear to me since you were talking about your
mother helping to raise the younger children, if I am not mistaken. Sorry for the confusion."
This just made me even more upset at her because it makes it seem all that more obvious that she thought my word choice was wrong, when it wasn't.
ARRGGGHHH!!!!!
Okay, I'm done now.
No, I'm not. Shit like this keeps happening to both the PD and I in our dealingss with the department. Other options for the PhD may not be a bad decision. I am a very proactive person in most areas of my life and if I see something wrong I try to get it fixed. And I'm very upfront about it. When things are going well I'm pretty content to just go with the flow to the point that some see me as shy. So, when I'm proactive about something it freaks them out I guess. I've even been bitched out for being proactive. GRRR!!!
I'm just annoyed and frustrated and sleep deprived. I think some sleep might help and hopefully keep me from going off on said prof tomorrow in class. And these dratted political adds aren't helping.