And no I'm not an Idiot. Yes I do speak German. Yes I understood all of that. No I don't want to translate absolutely every little thing for you. Yes I do understand the text better than you since it's in my native tongue -it's not that exciting.
I'm sorry but how do I get labeled as a lazy american who can't understand any of the language she's studying from asking 2 questions in English. Mind you--this was in a English class and the questions had nothing to do with what she had said in German.
This just annoys me. I'm definitely a minority at my school any Americans I do meet are typically only here for a year--I'm here for my entire program. I've done the work to get into the school. I've put in the hours learning German. That doesn't mean I want to talk in German all the time or that I'm even being lazy. I feel like I'm perfectly justified in speaking in English in one of my English classes.
Just hope this doesn't make me dislike that TA for the rest of the year...
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